Where does “harmaa-asteikko” come from?

harmaa-asteikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish harmaa, from Proto-Finnic harmaga, from Proto-Baltic śirˀmas, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥-m-os, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

harmaa-asteikko (Finnish): grayscale

Definitions

  1. grayscale

Ancestry of “harmaa-asteikko”, step by step

harmaa-asteikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harmaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharmaagrey, gray; grey, gray, dreary, gloomy; The...
2Proto-Finnicharmagagrey, gray
3Proto-Balticśirˀmas
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥-m-os
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

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 ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-