Where does “prismakiikari” come from?

prismakiikari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiikari, from Swedish kikare, from Swedish kika, from Middle Low German kîken, from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.

prismakiikari (Finnish): prism binoculars

Definitions

  1. prism binoculars

Ancestry of “prismakiikari”, step by step

prismakiikari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiikari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiikaribinoculars
2Swedishkikarebinoculars
3Swedishkikato look
4Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
5Old Saxonkīkanto look
6Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
7Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep

via Finnish prisma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishprismaprism
2Late Latinprismaprism
3Ancient GreekπρίσμαAnything sawn, sawdust; A prism
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kīkan →Every word from Old Saxon kīkan →