Where does “astejaotus” come from?
astejaotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish jaotus, from Finnish jaottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
astejaotus (Finnish): degree scale
Ancestry of “astejaotus”, step by step
astejaotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jaotus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jaotus | Synonym of jaottelu |
| 2 | Finnish | jaottaa | Synonym of jaotella |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish aste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aste | grade; degree; degree, degree Celsius |
| 2 | Finnish | astua | to step (on), tread (on), pace, stride |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | astudak | to step, to take steps |