Where does “äänenpainetaso” come from?

äänenpainetaso (Finnish) comes from Finnish äänenpaine, 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.

äänenpainetaso (Finnish): sound pressure level

Definitions

  1. sound pressure level

Ancestry of “äänenpainetaso”, step by step

äänenpainetaso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish äänenpaine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäänenpainesound pressure
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 taso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasolevel; standard; wing
2Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
3Proto-Finnictasaeven
4Proto-Uralictaśaeven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →