Where does “fotogenlampa” come from?
fotogenlampa (Swedish) comes from German fotogen, from English photogenic, from English genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.
fotogenlampa (Swedish): a kerosene lamp
Definitions
- a kerosene lamp
Ancestry of “fotogenlampa”, step by step
fotogenlampa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fotogen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fotogen | photogenic |
| 2 | English | photogenic | Generated or caused by light; Producing or... |
| 3 | English | genic | of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene |
| 4 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 5 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 6 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 8 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 9 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 10 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 11 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Swedish lämpa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lämpa | to be suitable; to dump, to unload |
| 2 | Old Norse | lampi | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | lampe | — |
| 4 | Latin | lampas | lamp, lantern; torch, flambeau; firebrand |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λαμπάς | torch, wax-light; lamp |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 8 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 11 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 12 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 13 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |