Where does “videonauhuri” come from?

videonauhuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish video, from English video, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

videonauhuri (Finnish): VCR, videocassette recorder

Definitions

  1. VCR, videocassette recorder

Ancestry of “videonauhuri”, step by step

videonauhuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish nauhuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauhurirecorder
2Finnishnauharibbon, band, string; lace, shoelace; tape
3Proto-Finnicnauharibbon, band
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic widēō →Every word from Latin videō →