Where does “äänirautakoe” come from?
äänirautakoe (Finnish) comes from Finnish äänirauta, 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 — on, onto.
äänirautakoe (Finnish): Weber test, tuning fork test
Definitions
- Weber test, tuning fork test
Ancestry of “äänirautakoe”, step by step
äänirautakoe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish äänirauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | äänirauta | tuning fork |
| 2 | Finnish | ääni | sound; audio; voice |
| 3 | Greenlandic | Aani | — |
| 4 | Danish | ane | forefather; guess; suspect |
| 5 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 6 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |