Where does “viisisointu” come from?

viisisointu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Sointu, from Finnish sointua, from Finnish soida, from Proto-Finnic soidak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śoje.

viisisointu (Finnish): five-note chord, ninth chord

Definitions

  1. five-note chord, ninth chord

Ancestry of “viisisointu”, step by step

viisisointu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Sointu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSointuchord
2Finnishsointuato harmonize, to tune; Partitive singular form...
3Finnishsoidato sound; to ring
4Proto-Finnicsoidakto sound, to ring (to produce a sound)
5Proto-Finno-Ugricśoje—

via Finnish viisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviisifive
2Proto-Finnicviicifive
3Proto-Uralicwittefive; ten
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric śoje →Every word from Proto-Finnic soidak →Every word from Finnish soida →