Where does “selailukuva” come from?
selailukuva (Finnish) comes from Finnish selailu, from Finnish selailla, from Finnish selata, from Finnish selkä, from Proto-Finnic selkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä.
selailukuva (Finnish): thumbnail small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image
Definitions
- thumbnail small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image
Ancestry of “selailukuva”, step by step
selailukuva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish selailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | selailu | browsing |
| 2 | Finnish | selailla | To browse |
| 3 | Finnish | selata | to browse, leaf, scan, page |
| 4 | Finnish | selkä | back; ridge, spine; watershed area |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | selkä | back; ridge |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Permic | śelkä | — |
via Finnish kuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |