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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaalailupainting
2Finnishmaalaillato paint; to gild the lily
3Finnishmaalatato paint; to select, highlight; to score
4Finnishmaalipaint; target; goal
5Old Swedishmālmeasure, amount; sign
6Old Swedishmālato paint
7Old Norsemálato grind
8Middle Low Germanmālento draw, paint; to paint
9Old Saxon*mālōn
10Proto-West Germanic*mālēnto paint
11Proto-Albanianmelanablack
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-n-dull black
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Finnish äänne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäännephone
2Finnishääntääto pronounce, enunciate, articulate
3Finnishäänisound; audio; voice
4GreenlandicAani
5Danishaneforefather; guess; suspect
6Middle High Germanānewithout
7Old High Germanānawithout
8Proto-West Germanicanaon
9Proto-Germanic*an
10Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-