Where does “nelisointu” come from?
nelisointu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Sointu, from Finnish sointua, from Finnish soida, from Proto-Finnic soidak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śoje.
nelisointu (Finnish): four-note chord, seventh chord
Definitions
- four-note chord, seventh chord
Ancestry of “nelisointu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | Sointu | chord |
| 2 | Finnish | sointua | to harmonize, to tune; Partitive singular form... |
| 3 | Finnish | soida | to sound; to ring |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | soidak | to sound, to ring (to produce a sound) |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | śoje | — |