Where does “abuiäni” come from?

abuiäni (Karelian) comes from Karelian iäni, from Greenlandic Aani, from Danish ane, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

abuiäni (Karelian): second voice

Definitions

  1. second voice

Ancestry of “abuiäni”, step by step

abuiäni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Karelian iäni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Karelianiänivoice
2GreenlandicAani—
3Danishaneforefather; guess; suspect
4Middle High Germanānewithout
5Old High Germanānawithout
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an—
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Karelian abu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Karelianabuhelp
2Proto-FinnicapuAlternative form of *api
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →