Where does “viulunsoitto” come from?
viulunsoitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish viulu, from Swedish fiol, from German viola, from Italian Viola, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
viulunsoitto (Finnish): playing the violin
Definitions
- playing the violin
Ancestry of “viulunsoitto”, step by step
viulunsoitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viulu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viulu | violin; costs, bill |
| 2 | Swedish | fiol | violin |
| 3 | German | viola | — |
| 4 | Italian | Viola | purple, violet |
| 5 | Italian | -one | Alterative suffix used to form augmentatives;... |
| 6 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Finnish soitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitto | music; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |