Where does “keinopää-äänitys” come from?

keinopää-äänitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish äänitys, 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.

keinopää-äänitys (Finnish): dummy head recording method of recording in which microphones are placed in the "ears" of a dummy head in order to create binaural recordings that are best listened to through headphones

Definitions

  1. dummy head recording method of recording in which microphones are placed in the "ears" of a dummy head in order to create binaural recordings that are best listened to through headphones

Ancestry of “keinopää-äänitys”, step by step

keinopää-äänitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish äänitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäänitysThe act of recording audio or sound
2Finnishäänittääto record
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 keinopää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeinopäädummy head model of human head, sometimes including the torso, used in acoustics research and sound recording to produce binaural recordings
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-