Where does “oboesonaatti” come from?
oboesonaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish oboe, from Italian oboè, from French hautbois, from French haut, from Middle French hault, from Old French hault, from Latin altus, from Proto-Italic altos — to grow, nourish.
oboesonaatti (Finnish): oboe sonata
Definitions
- oboe sonata
Ancestry of “oboesonaatti”, step by step
oboesonaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish oboe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | oboe | oboe |
| 2 | Italian | oboè | Obsolete form of oboe; oboe |
| 3 | French | hautbois | oboe; oboist |
| 4 | French | haut | high; tall; top |
| 5 | Middle French | hault | high; high up; high; elevated |
| 6 | Old French | hault | high, lofty; high, tall, elevated |
| 7 | Latin | altus | high, tall; deep; profound |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | altos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via Finnish sonaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sonaatti | sonata |
| 2 | Swedish | sonat | sonata |
| 3 | Italian | sonata | sonata; feminine singular of sonato |
| 4 | Italian | sonare | Alternative form of suonare |
| 5 | Latin | sonāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 7 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |