Where does “neumi” come from?

neumi (Finnish) comes from Medieval Latin neuma, from Ancient Greek νεῦμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

neumi (Finnish): neume

Definitions

  1. neume

Ancestry of “neumi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinneuma—
2Ancient Greekνεῦμαnod, sign; expression of will, command; approval,...
3Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “neumi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek νεῦμα →