Where does “pyhimyksenkuva” come from?

pyhimyksenkuva (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyhimys, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

pyhimyksenkuva (Finnish): icon

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Ancestry of “pyhimyksenkuva”, step by step

pyhimyksenkuva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyhimys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpyhimysA saint
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish kuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuvapicture; image; photograph, photo
2Proto-Germanicskuwwôreflection, mirror image; shadow
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nésshadow, reflection
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus