Where does “verhosuljin” come from?
verhosuljin (Finnish) comes from Finnish verho, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
verhosuljin (Finnish): focal-plane shutter
Ancestry of “verhosuljin”, step by step
verhosuljin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish verho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | verho | curtain; window blind |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish suljin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suljin | shutter; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |