Where does “videokuvaaja” come from?

videokuvaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuvaaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

videokuvaaja (Finnish): videographer

Definitions

  1. videographer

Ancestry of “videokuvaaja”, step by step

videokuvaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuvaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuvaajaphotographer; cinematographer, cameraman; graph,...
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish video

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvideovideo; videocassette recorder, VCR; VHS
2EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
3Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
4Proto-Italicwidēōsee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw