Where does “äänenpaine” come from?

äänenpaine (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

äänenpaine (Finnish): sound pressure

Definitions

  1. sound pressure

Ancestry of “äänenpaine”, step by step

äänenpaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ääni

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

via Finnish paine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainepressure
2Proto-Finnicpainekpressure; emphasis
3Proto-Finnic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
4Proto-Uralic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

Words derived from “äänenpaine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →