Where does “hinta-asteikko” come from?

hinta-asteikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish asteikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

hinta-asteikko (Finnish): price scale, price range

Definitions

price scale, price range

Ancestry of “hinta-asteikko”, step by step

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

via Finnish asteikko

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
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-	Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)

via Finnish hinta

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	hinta	price
2	Proto-Finno-Ugric	*hinta	—
3	Proto-Baltic	śímta	—

Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →Every word from Finnish -ikko →Every word from Finnish asteikko →