Where does “äänilevy” come from?
äänilevy (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.
äänilevy (Finnish): record, disk, gramophone record, phonograph...
Definitions
- record, disk, gramophone record, phonograph...
Ancestry of “äänilevy”, step by step
äänilevy traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ääni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ääni | sound; audio; voice |
| 2 | Greenlandic | Aani | — |
| 3 | Danish | ane | forefather; guess; suspect |
| 4 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 5 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via German Schallplatte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schallplatte | record, gramophone record |
| 2 | German | platte | |
| 3 | Middle High German | platte | — |
| 4 | Old High German | platta | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | platta | metal plate |
| 6 | Latin | plattus | flattened |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |