Where does “äänimäärä” come from?

äänimäärä (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.

äänimäärä (Finnish): number of votes

Definitions

  1. number of votes

Ancestry of “äänimäärä”, step by step

äänimäärä 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 määrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääräamount, quantity; count, number; aim, target,...
2Old East Slavicмѣра
3Proto-Slavicměrameasure
4Proto-Balto-Slavicmḗˀrāˀ
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-reh₂
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-