Where does “nokiluku” come from?

nokiluku (Finnish) comes from Finnish luku, from Proto-Finnic luku, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

nokiluku (Finnish): soot index

Definitions

  1. soot index

Ancestry of “nokiluku”, step by step

nokiluku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukunumber, count, quantity; chapter; reading
2Proto-Finniclukunumber, quantity
3Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
4Proto-Uralicluke-to count
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Finnish noki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokisoot; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicnokisoot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic luke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic lukedak →