Where does “valotehoste” come from?

valotehoste (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehoste, from Finnish tehostaa, from Finnish teho, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

valotehoste (Finnish): lighting effect, light effect

Definitions

  1. lighting effect, light effect

Ancestry of “valotehoste”, step by step

valotehoste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tehoste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehosteeffect
2Finnishtehostaato increase the performance, effect, or...
3Finnishtehopower, effect; power; throughout
4Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish valo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalolight
2Proto-Finnicvalolight visible radiation
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwaĺɜ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-