Where does “äännähdys” come from?
äännähdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish äännähtää, from Finnish ääntää, from Finnish ääni, from Greenlandic Aani, from Danish ane, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana — on, onto.
äännähdys (Finnish): sound, utterance
Definitions
- sound, utterance
Ancestry of “äännähdys”, step by step
äännähdys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish äännähtää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | äännähtää | To sound |
| 2 | Finnish | ääntää | to pronounce, enunciate, articulate |
| 3 | Finnish | ääni | sound; audio; voice |
| 4 | Greenlandic | Aani | — |
| 5 | Danish | ane | forefather; guess; suspect |
| 6 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 7 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |