Where does “musiikkisoitin” come from?
musiikkisoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish musiikki, from Swedish musik, from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
musiikkisoitin (Finnish): music player device that plays music
Definitions
- music player device that plays music
Ancestry of “musiikkisoitin”, step by step
musiikkisoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish musiikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | musiikki | music |
| 2 | Swedish | musik | music |
| 3 | Latin | mūsica | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μουσική | nominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μοῦσα | Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,... |
via Finnish soitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitin | musical instrument; player; First-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |