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
Ancestry of “sointu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | sointua | to harmonize, to tune; Partitive singular form... |
| 2 | Finnish | soida | to sound; to ring |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | soidak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | śoje | — |
Words derived from “sointu”