Where does “seiskasointu” come from?
seiskasointu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Sointu, from Finnish sointua, from Finnish soida, from Proto-Finnic soidak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śoje.
seiskasointu (Finnish): seventh chord
Ancestry of “seiskasointu”, step by step
seiskasointu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Sointu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Sointu | chord |
| 2 | Finnish | sointua | to harmonize, to tune; Partitive singular form... |
| 3 | Finnish | soida | to sound; to ring |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | soidak | to sound, to ring (to produce a sound) |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | śoje | — |
via Finnish seiska
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seiska | the digit seven; seventh; anything distinguished... |
| 2 | Finnish | seitsemän | seven |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | säic'en | seven |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | *ćäjćemä | seven |