Where does “fahrenheitaste” come from?

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

fahrenheitaste (Finnish): degree Fahrenheit

Definitions

  1. degree Fahrenheit

Ancestry of “fahrenheitaste”, step by step

fahrenheitaste 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 Fahrenheit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishFahrenheit—
Every word from Proto-Finnic astudak →Every word from Finnish astua →Every word from Finnish aste →