Where does “tummasointinen” come from?

tummasointinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish sointi, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

tummasointinen (Finnish): with a dark timbre

Definitions

  1. with a dark timbre

Ancestry of “tummasointinen”, step by step

tummasointinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sointi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsointivoice; clang; timbre
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish tumma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtummadark; dark-haired; Romani, Rom
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ntaEvery word from Finnish -ntiEvery word from Finnish -nta