Where does “Äänislinna” come from?

Äänislinna (Finnish) comes from Finnish ääninen, from Finnish ääni, from Greenlandic Aani, from Danish ane, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.

Äänislinna (Finnish): Finnish name of the city Petrozavodsk during the Finnish occupation in 1941-44

Definitions

  1. Finnish name of the city Petrozavodsk during the Finnish occupation in 1941-44

Ancestry of “Äänislinna”, step by step

Äänislinna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ääninen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishääninen-sounded
2Finnishäänisound; audio; voice
3GreenlandicAani—
4Danishaneforefather; guess; suspect
5Middle High Germanānewithout
6Old High Germanānawithout
7Proto-West Germanicanaon
8Proto-Germanic*an—
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Finnish Linna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLinnacastle large fortified residential building
2Proto-Finniclitnatown, city; fortification, fortress
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →