Where does “oktaaviala” come from?

oktaaviala (Finnish) comes from Finnish oktaavi, from Latin octāvus, from Proto-Italic oktāwos, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwos, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

oktaaviala (Finnish): octave range of notes C-D-E-F-G-A-B

Definitions

  1. octave range of notes C-D-E-F-G-A-B

Ancestry of “oktaaviala”, step by step

oktaaviala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oktaavi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoktaavioctave
2Latinoctāvuseighth; the ordinal number between septimus and nōnus
3Proto-Italicoktāwoseighth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓwoseighth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

via Finnish älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw →Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwos →