Where does “pehmeäsointinen” come from?

pehmeäsointinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish sointi, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

pehmeäsointinen (Finnish): with a soft ring or timbre

Definitions

  1. with a soft ring or timbre

Ancestry of “pehmeäsointinen”, step by step

pehmeäsointinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sointi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsointivoice; clang; timbre
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish pehmeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmeäsoft; silky; smooth
2Proto-Finnicpehmedäsoft
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish -nta →