Where does “tonalitet” come from?
tonalitet (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French tonalité, from French tonal, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu — to be able.
tonalitet (Norwegian Nynorsk): tonality
Definitions
- tonality
Ancestry of “tonalitet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tonalité | tonality |
| 2 | French | tonal | tonal |
| 3 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 4 | Old French | ton | your |
| 5 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 6 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 7 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 8 | Polish | tu | here |
| 9 | Polish | być | to be |
| 10 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 11 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |