Where does “valokuvateos” come from?
valokuvateos (Finnish) comes from Finnish teos, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
valokuvateos (Finnish): photographic work of art
Definitions
- photographic work of art
Ancestry of “valokuvateos”, step by step
valokuvateos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish teos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teos | work; oeuvre, opus |
| 2 | Finnish | tehdä | to do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
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 |