Where does “soitinnus” come from?
soitinnus (Finnish) comes from Finnish soitintaa, from Finnish soitin, from Finnish soittaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
soitinnus (Finnish): orchestration
Definitions
- orchestration
Ancestry of “soitinnus”, step by step
soitinnus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish soitintaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitintaa | to orchestrate; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | soitin | musical instrument; player; First-person singular... |
| 3 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |