Where does “rumasointinen” come from?

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

rumasointinen (Finnish): with an ugly sound or timbre

Definitions

  1. with an ugly sound or timbre

Ancestry of “rumasointinen”, step by step

rumasointinen 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 ruma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrumaugly; ugly, dirty; dirty
2Finnish-liiniForms diminutive and endearing nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish -nta →