Where does “muunnelmasarja” come from?
muunnelmasarja (Finnish) comes from Finnish muunnelma, from Finnish muuntaa, from Finnish muu, from Proto-Finnic muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mu.
muunnelmasarja (Finnish): series of variations
Ancestry of “muunnelmasarja”, step by step
muunnelmasarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muunnelma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muunnelma | A variant |
| 2 | Finnish | muuntaa | to convert, transform; Third-person singular... |
| 3 | Finnish | muu | other, another; the others; else |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | muu | other, another; different |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | mu | — |
via Finnish sarja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sarja | series; chain, sequence, succession, train; set |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sarja | row of laths or battens; a board made of laths |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | śarja | lath, batten, bar |