Where does “duuriasteikko” come from?

duuriasteikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish duuri, from German Dur, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Italic dūros, from Proto-Indo-European duh₂-ró-s, from Proto-Indo-European dweh₂- — far; long.

duuriasteikko (Finnish): major scale

Definitions

  1. major scale

Ancestry of “duuriasteikko”, step by step

duuriasteikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish duuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishduurimajor; major key
2GermanDurmajor
3Latindūrus—
4Proto-Italicdūros—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanduh₂-ró-slong, far
6Proto-Indo-Europeandweh₂-far; long

via Finnish asteikko

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-Indo-European dweh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European duh₂-ró-s →Every word from Proto-Italic dūros →