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Where does “nuottiviivasto” come from?

nuottiviivasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuottiviiva, 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.

nuottiviivasto (Finnish): staff, stave

Definitions

  1. staff, stave

Ancestry of “nuottiviivasto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnuottiviivaA line of staff
2Finnishnuottinote; sheet music; pace notes
3Swedishnötnut, a hard-shelled seed; a difficult problem;...
4Old Swedishnutnut
5Old Norsehnotnut
6Proto-Germanichnutsnut
7Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
8Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
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