Where does “digitaaliäänite” come from?
digitaaliäänite (Finnish) comes from Finnish äänite, from Finnish äänittää, 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.
digitaaliäänite (Finnish): digital recording
Definitions
- digital recording
Ancestry of “digitaaliäänite”, step by step
digitaaliäänite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish äänite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | äänite | recording |
| 2 | Finnish | äänittää | to record |
| 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 digitaalinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | digitaalinen | digital |
| 2 | Latin | digitālis | Of or belonging to the finger |
| 3 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |