Where does “selvänäköinen” come from?

selvänäköinen (Finnish) comes from French clairvoyant, from French voyant, from French voir, from Middle French veoir, from Old French vëoir, from Old French vedeir, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō — to see.

selvänäköinen (Finnish): clairvoyant

Definitions

  1. clairvoyant

Ancestry of “selvänäköinen”, step by step

selvänäköinen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French clairvoyant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchclairvoyantclairvoyant
2Frenchvoyantpresent participle of voir; clairvoyant; showy,...
3Frenchvoirto see; please
4Middle Frenchveoirto see
5Old FrenchvëoirAlternative form of veoir; to see
6Old FrenchvedeirAlternative form of veoir
7Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
8Proto-Italicwidēōsee
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Finnish näköinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäköinenlooking like; -looking, -like; -sighted, -eyed
2Finnishnäkösight, vision, eyesight; look, looks; face
3Proto-Finnicnäkosight, vision; look, appearance; face
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish selvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselväclear; free; sober
2Proto-Finnicselvä—

Words derived from “selvänäköinen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic widēō →Every word from Latin videō →