Where does “degeneraatioaste” come from?

degeneraatioaste (Finnish) comes from Finnish aste, from Finnish astua, from Proto-Finnic astudak — to step, to take steps.

degeneraatioaste (Finnish): degeneracy number, degree of degeneracy

Definitions

  1. degeneracy number, degree of degeneracy

Ancestry of “degeneraatioaste”, step by step

degeneraatioaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastegrade; degree; degree, degree Celsius
2Finnishastuato step (on), tread (on), pace, stride
3Proto-Finnicastudakto step, to take steps

via Finnish degeneraatio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdegeneraatiodegeneration
2Latindegeneratio—
Every word from Proto-Finnic astudak →Every word from Finnish astua →Every word from Finnish aste →
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