Where does “nuotinluku” come from?

nuotinluku (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuotti, from Swedish nöt, from Old Swedish nut, from Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

nuotinluku (Finnish): reading sheet music

Definitions

  1. reading sheet music

Ancestry of “nuotinluku”, step by step

nuotinluku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nuotti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuottinote; sheet music; pace notes
2Swedishnötnut, a hard-shelled seed; a difficult problem;...
3Old Swedishnutnut
4Old Norsehnotnut
5Proto-Germanichnutsnut
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Finnish luku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukunumber, count, quantity; chapter; reading
2Proto-Finniclukunumber, quantity
3Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
4Proto-Uralicluke-to count
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →