Where does “äännevaihtelu” come from?
äännevaihtelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish äänne, 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.
äännevaihtelu (Finnish): apophony
Definitions
- apophony
Ancestry of “äännevaihtelu”, step by step
äännevaihtelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish vaihtelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihtelu | variation; fluctuation |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihdella | To change repeatedly; To vary; To fluctuate |
| 3 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |