Where does “mitta-asteikko” come from?

mitta-asteikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish asteikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

mitta-asteikko (Finnish): measuring scale, graduated scale

Definitions

  1. measuring scale, graduated scale

Ancestry of “mitta-asteikko”, step by step

mitta-asteikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asteikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasteikkoscale
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →Every word from Finnish -ikko →Every word from Finnish asteikko →
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