Where does “laatueroasteikko” come from?
laatueroasteikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish laatuero, from Finnish ero, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
Ancestry of “laatueroasteikko”, step by step
laatueroasteikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laatuero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laatuero | difference in kind; difference in quality |
| 2 | Finnish | ero | difference, distinction; Short for avioero;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
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) |