Where does “miinusaste” come from?

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

miinusaste (Finnish): degree below zero of temperature

Definitions

  1. degree below zero of temperature

Ancestry of “miinusaste”, step by step

miinusaste 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 miinus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiinusminus; minus sign; con, minus, negative thing
2Latinminusnominative neuter singular of minor; accusative...
3Proto-Italicminosless
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