Where does “järjestysasteikko” come from?
järjestysasteikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish järjestys, from Finnish järjestää, from Finnish järki, from Proto-Finnic järki — row; order, condition.
järjestysasteikko (Finnish): ordinal scale
Ancestry of “järjestysasteikko”, step by step
järjestysasteikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish järjestys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | järjestys | order; organization |
| 2 | Finnish | järjestää | to arrange; to organize |
| 3 | Finnish | järki | reason; sense |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | järki | row; order, condition |
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) |
Words derived from “järjestysasteikko”