Where does “suuntavaikutelma” come from?

suuntavaikutelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaikutelma, from Finnish -lmä, from Finnish -ellä — Front vowel variant of -ella.

suuntavaikutelma (Finnish): the illusion that a sound is coming from a certain direction such as with stereo playback

Definitions

  1. the illusion that a sound is coming from a certain direction such as with stereo playback

Ancestry of “suuntavaikutelma”, step by step

suuntavaikutelma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaikutelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaikutelmaimpression
2Finnish-lmäFront vowel variant of -lma
3Finnish-elläFront vowel variant of -ella

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Finnish -ellä →Every word from Finnish -lmä →Every word from Finnish vaikutelma →