Where does “torviseitsikko” come from?

torviseitsikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish seitsikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

torviseitsikko (Finnish): brass septet, horn septet

Definitions

  1. brass septet, horn septet

Ancestry of “torviseitsikko”, step by step

torviseitsikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seitsikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishseitsikkoA seven
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)

via Finnish torvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorvihorn; tube or pipe, especially one that widens in...
2Proto-Finnictorvihorn; tube, pipe
3Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i-Every word from Finnish -ikkoEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ikko