Where does “kantalukujärjestelmä” come from?
kantalukujärjestelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kantaluku, from Finnish luku, from Proto-Finnic luku, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
kantalukujärjestelmä (Finnish): positional system of numbers
Definitions
- positional system of numbers
Ancestry of “kantalukujärjestelmä”, step by step
kantalukujärjestelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kantaluku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kantaluku | base, radix in a positional numeral system, the number of unique digits, including the digit zero, used to represent numbers |
| 2 | Finnish | luku | number, count, quantity; chapter; reading |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | luku | number, quantity |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Finnish järjestelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | järjestelmä | system |
| 2 | Finnish | järjestää | to arrange; to organize |
| 3 | Finnish | järki | reason; sense |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | järki | row; order, condition |