Where does “soittoääni” come from?
soittoääni (Finnish) comes from Finnish ääni, from Greenlandic Aani, from Danish ane, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.
soittoääni (Finnish): ringtone
Definitions
- ringtone
Ancestry of “soittoääni”, step by step
soittoääni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ääni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ääni | sound; audio; voice |
| 2 | Greenlandic | Aani | — |
| 3 | Danish | ane | forefather; guess; suspect |
| 4 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 5 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Finnish soitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitto | music; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |