Where does “kokosävelaskel” come from?

kokosävelaskel (Finnish) comes from Finnish sävelaskel, from Finnish askel, from Proto-Finnic askel, from Proto-Uralic aśkele — step.

kokosävelaskel (Finnish): whole tone interval of two-twelfths of an octave

Definitions

  1. whole tone interval of two-twelfths of an octave

Ancestry of “kokosävelaskel”, step by step

kokosävelaskel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sävelaskel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsävelaskeltone, step
2Finnishaskelstep, pace; step
3Proto-Finnicaskelstep, pace
4Proto-Uralicaśkelestep

via Finnish koko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokowhole, entire; all; see all day, all night; heap
2Proto-Finnickokowhole, entire, all
Every word from Proto-Uralic aśkele →