Where does “muunnesävel” come from?

muunnesävel (Finnish) comes from Finnish muunne, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

muunnesävel (Finnish): non-melodic tone single tone outside a scale

Definitions

  1. non-melodic tone single tone outside a scale

Ancestry of “muunnesävel”, step by step

muunnesävel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muunne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuunnevariation, transformation
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish sävel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäveltone; melody, tune; note
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης