Where does “syövytyskuva” come from?
syövytyskuva (Finnish) comes from Finnish syövytys, from Finnish syövyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
syövytyskuva (Finnish): etched image
Definitions
- etched image
Ancestry of “syövytyskuva”, step by step
syövytyskuva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish syövytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syövytys | corroding, corrosion causing to corrode by acid or alkali |
| 2 | Finnish | syövyttää | to corrode; to erode, wear away |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
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 |