Where does “äännemaalailu” come from?
äännemaalailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish maalailu, from Finnish maalailla, from Finnish maalata, from Finnish maali, from Old Swedish māl, from Old Swedish māla, from Old Norse mála, from Middle Low German mālen — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
äännemaalailu (Finnish): intentional use of or consideration given to phonemes or phones in poetry
Definitions
- intentional use of or consideration given to phonemes or phones in poetry
Ancestry of “äännemaalailu”, step by step
äännemaalailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maalailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maalailu | painting |
| 2 | Finnish | maalailla | to paint; to gild the lily |
| 3 | Finnish | maalata | to paint; to select, highlight; to score |
| 4 | Finnish | maali | paint; target; goal |
| 5 | Old Swedish | māl | measure, amount; sign |
| 6 | Old Swedish | māla | to paint |
| 7 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 8 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 9 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 11 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via Finnish äänne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | äänne | phone |
| 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 |