Where does “garmaan” come from?
garmaan (Skolt Sami) comes from Russian гармо́ника, from German Harmonika, from English harmonica, from Italian armonica, from English armonica, from Italian armonia, from French harmonium, from French harmonie — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
garmaan (Skolt Sami): accordion
Ancestry of “garmaan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | гармо́ника | — |
| 2 | German | Harmonika | — |
| 3 | English | harmonica | a musical wind instrument with a series of holes... |
| 4 | Italian | armonica | armonica, glass harmonica; harmonica, mouth... |
| 5 | English | armonica | A musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls... |
| 6 | Italian | armonia | harmony |
| 7 | French | harmonium | — |
| 8 | French | harmonie | harmony |
| 9 | Latin | harmonia | harmony, concordance of sounds; music, singing,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἁρμονία | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |