Where does “erotusääni” come from?

erotusääni (Finnish) comes from Finnish ääni, from Greenlandic Aani, from Danish ane, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

erotusääni (Finnish): difference tone

Definitions

  1. difference tone

Ancestry of “erotusääni”, step by step

erotusääni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ääni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäänisound; audio; voice
2GreenlandicAani
3Danishaneforefather; guess; suspect
4Middle High Germanānewithout
5Old High Germanānawithout
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Finnish erotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherotusdifference; difference, relative complement;...
2Finnisherottaato separate; to divide; to fire, dismiss
3Finnisherotato divorce; to differ, be different; to resign
4Finnisherodifference, distinction; Short for avioero;...
5Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-