Where does “tähtivalokuvaus” come from?
tähtivalokuvaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic tēkaną, from Proto-Indo-European deh₁g- — to touch.
tähtivalokuvaus (Finnish): astrophotography
Definitions
- astrophotography
Ancestry of “tähtivalokuvaus”, step by step
tähtivalokuvaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tähti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähti | star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white... |
| 2 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 3 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 4 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 5 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 6 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |
via Finnish valokuvaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valokuvaus | photographing; photography; photo shoot |
| 2 | Finnish | valokuvata | to photograph |
| 3 | Finnish | valokuva | photograph, photo |
| 4 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |