Where does “slapstickelokuva” come from?
slapstickelokuva (Finnish) comes from Finnish slapstick, from English slapstick, from Italian batacchio, from Vulgar Latin battuaculum, from Latin battuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- — to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig.
slapstickelokuva (Finnish): slapstick movie, slapstick film
Definitions
- slapstick movie, slapstick film
Ancestry of “slapstickelokuva”, step by step
slapstickelokuva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish slapstick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | slapstick | slapstick physical comedy |
| 2 | English | slapstick | A style of humor focusing on physical comedy,... |
| 3 | Italian | batacchio | clapper; knocker; dick, cock, prick |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | battuaculum | — |
| 5 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | to bend, fold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |
via Finnish elokuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elokuva | movie; cinema; in plural also movies, cinema |
| 2 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |