Where does “äänenpakkaus” come from?

äänenpakkaus (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.

äänenpakkaus (Finnish): audio compression

Definitions

  1. audio compression

Ancestry of “äänenpakkaus”, step by step

äänenpakkaus 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 pakkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakkauspackage; compression
2Finnishpakatato pack; to pack, package or wrap; to cram, pack,...
3Swedishpackato pack; to stow things into a pack e.g. as to be...
4Middle Low Germanpackento pack
5Old Saxonpakko
6Frankishpakkō
7Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-