Where does “vokaalisointu” come from?

vokaalisointu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vokaali, from Swedish vokal, from Latin vōcālis, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

vokaalisointu (Finnish): vowel harmony

Definitions

  1. vowel harmony

Ancestry of “vokaalisointu”, step by step

vokaalisointu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vokaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvokaalivowel
2Swedishvokalvocal, using the voice; vocal; a vowel
3Latinvōcālisuttering a voice, having a voice; speaking, sounding, sonorous, speaking, crying, singing, melodious; vocal
4Latinvōxvoice
5Proto-Italicwōksvoice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōks →