Where does “kolmisointu” come from?

kolmisointu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Sointu, from Finnish sointua, from Finnish soida, from Proto-Finnic soidak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śoje.

kolmisointu (Finnish): triad

Definitions

  1. triad

Ancestry of “kolmisointu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSointuchord
2Finnishsointuato harmonize, to tune; Partitive singular form...
3Finnishsoidato sound; to ring
4Proto-Finnicsoidakto sound, to ring (to produce a sound)
5Proto-Finno-Ugricśoje
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric śojeEvery word from Proto-Finnic soidakEvery word from Finnish soida