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
- difference tone
Ancestry of “erotusääni”, step by step
erotusääni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ääni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ääni | sound; audio; voice |
| 2 | Greenlandic | Aani | — |
| 3 | Danish | ane | forefather; guess; suspect |
| 4 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 5 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Finnish erotus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | erotus | difference; difference, relative complement;... |
| 2 | Finnish | erottaa | to separate; to divide; to fire, dismiss |
| 3 | Finnish | erota | to divorce; to differ, be different; to resign |
| 4 | Finnish | ero | difference, distinction; Short for avioero;... |
| 5 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |