Where does “numeroasteikko” come from?
numeroasteikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish numero, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.
numeroasteikko (Finnish): numerical scale, numbered scale
Definitions
- numerical scale, numbered scale
Ancestry of “numeroasteikko”, step by step
numeroasteikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish numero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | numero | digit, number; numeral; number |
| 2 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |
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) |