Where does “äänenpitävä” come from?

äänenpitävä (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.

äänenpitävä (Finnish): soundproof

Definitions

  1. soundproof

Ancestry of “äänenpitävä”, step by step

äänenpitävä 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 pitävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitäväsolid, as in "pitävä väite"; firm, as in "pitävä...
2Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
3Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
4Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

Words derived from “äänenpitävä

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-
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