Where does “ääntöasu” come from?

ääntöasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ääntö, 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.

ääntöasu (Finnish): pronunciation in contrast to spelling

Definitions

  1. pronunciation in contrast to spelling

Ancestry of “ääntöasu”, step by step

ääntöasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ääntö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishääntöpronunciation
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

via Finnish asu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasuattire, dress, suit, raiment; form, figure,...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →