Where does “ääninäytellä” come from?

ääninäytellä (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.

ääninäytellä (Finnish): to voice, voice-act act as a voice actor

Definitions

  1. to voice, voice-act act as a voice actor

Ancestry of “ääninäytellä”, step by step

ääninäytellä 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 näytellä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäytelläto act, play; to show
2Finnishnäyttääto show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-