Where does “celsiusasteikko” come from?
celsiusasteikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish asteikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i-.
celsiusasteikko (Finnish): Celsius scale
Ancestry of “celsiusasteikko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | asteikko | scale |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | — |