Where does “äänekkyyssota” come from?

äänekkyyssota (Finnish) comes from Finnish äänekkyys, from Finnish äänekäs, from Finnish ääni, from Greenlandic Aani, from Danish ane, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana — on, onto.

äänekkyyssota (Finnish): loudness war

Definitions

  1. loudness war

Ancestry of “äänekkyyssota”, step by step

äänekkyyssota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish äänekkyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäänekkyysloudness, noisiness, vociferousness
2Finnishäänekäsloud; noisy; vociferous
3Finnishäänisound; audio; voice
4GreenlandicAani—
5Danishaneforefather; guess; suspect
6Middle High Germanānewithout
7Old High Germanānawithout
8Proto-West Germanicanaon
9Proto-Germanic*an—
10Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Finnish sota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →