Where does “sellosonaatti” come from?
sellosonaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish sonaatti, from Swedish sonat, from Italian sonata, from Italian sonare, from Latin sonāre, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.
sellosonaatti (Finnish): cello sonata
Definitions
- cello sonata
Ancestry of “sellosonaatti”, step by step
sellosonaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |