Where does “äänenvaimennin” come from?

äänenvaimennin (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.

äänenvaimennin (Finnish): muffler; silencer

Definitions

  1. muffler; silencer

Ancestry of “äänenvaimennin”, step by step

äänenvaimennin 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 vaimennin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaimenninsilencer; damper; snubber
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “äänenvaimennin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →