Where does “-asteikkoinen” come from?

-asteikkoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish asteikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

-asteikkoinen (Finnish): provided with a given type of scale

Definitions

  1. provided with a given type of scale

Ancestry of “-asteikkoinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasteikkoscale
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →Every word from Finnish -ikko →Every word from Finnish asteikko →