Where does “äänitasomittari” come from?

äänitasomittari (Finnish) comes from Finnish äänitaso, 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.

äänitasomittari (Finnish): sound level meter

Definitions

  1. sound level meter

Ancestry of “äänitasomittari”, step by step

äänitasomittari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish äänitaso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäänitasosound level
2Finnishäänisound; audio; voice
3GreenlandicAani
4Danishaneforefather; guess; suspect
5Middle High Germanānewithout
6Old High Germanānawithout
7Proto-West Germanicanaon
8Proto-Germanic*an
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Finnish mittari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittarimeter, gauge, indicator, instrument; geometrid...
2Finnishmitatato measure (off/out), gauge
3Middle Dutchmētento measure
4Old Dutchmetanto measure
5Proto-Germanic*metan
6Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-