Where does “taustamelu” come from?

taustamelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tausta, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

taustamelu (Finnish): background noise

Definitions

  1. background noise

Ancestry of “taustamelu”, step by step

taustamelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tausta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaustabackground; Elative singular form of tau
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish melu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmelunoise
Every word from Proto-Uralic taka →Every word from Proto-Finnic taka →Every word from Finnish taka →