Where does “kapaloaste” come from?

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

kapaloaste (Finnish): swaddling clothes early stage of development

Definitions

  1. swaddling clothes early stage of development

Ancestry of “kapaloaste”, step by step

kapaloaste 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 kapalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapaloswaddling clothes
2Proto-Finnickapaloswaddling clothes
Every word from Proto-Finnic astudak →Every word from Finnish astua →Every word from Finnish aste →