Where does “sointu” come from?

sointu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sointua, from Finnish soida, from Proto-Finnic soidak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śoje.

sointu (Finnish): A chord

Definitions

  1. A chord

Ancestry of “sointu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsointuato harmonize, to tune; Partitive singular form...
2Finnishsoidato sound; to ring
3Proto-Finnicsoidakto sound, to ring (to produce a sound)
4Proto-Finno-Ugricśoje—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric śoje →Every word from Proto-Finnic soidak →Every word from Finnish soida →