Where does “lomasävel” come from?

lomasävel (Finnish) comes from Finnish loma, from Proto-Finnic loma, from Proto-Finno-Permic loma — gap.

lomasävel (Finnish): passing tone, passing note

Definitions

  1. passing tone, passing note

Ancestry of “lomasävel”, step by step

lomasävel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish loma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlomaholiday, vacation; furlough; gap
2Proto-Finniclomagap
3Proto-Finno-Permiclomagap

via Finnish sävel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäveltone; melody, tune; note
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic loma →Every word from Proto-Finnic loma →Every word from Finnish loma →