Where does “pianokoulu” come from?
pianokoulu (Finnish) comes from Finnish piano, from Italian piano, from Italian -ano, from Latin -ant, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
pianokoulu (Finnish): piano school
Definitions
- piano school
Ancestry of “pianokoulu”, step by step
pianokoulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piano | piano |
| 2 | Italian | piano | plane; flat, level; plain |
| 3 | Italian | -ano | Used with a stem to form the third-person plural... |
| 4 | Latin | -ant | third-person plural present active indicative of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |