Where does “valokuvanäyttely” come from?
valokuvanäyttely (Finnish) comes from Finnish näyttely, from Finnish näytellä, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
valokuvanäyttely (Finnish): photographic exhibition
Definitions
- photographic exhibition
Ancestry of “valokuvanäyttely”, step by step
valokuvanäyttely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näyttely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näyttely | exhibit, exhibition, fair, show; showing... |
| 2 | Finnish | näytellä | to act, play; to show |
| 3 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish valokuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valokuva | photograph, photo |
| 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 |