Where does “videoviihde” come from?

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

videoviihde (Finnish): video entertainment

Definitions

  1. video entertainment

Ancestry of “videoviihde”, step by step

videoviihde 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 viihde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviihdeentertainment
2Finnishviihtyäto get on, get along, enjoy; to enjoy oneself; to...
3Proto-Finnicviihtüdäk—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic widēō →Every word from Latin videō →