Where does “opintoaste” come from?
opintoaste (Finnish) comes from Finnish opinnot, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
Ancestry of “opintoaste”, step by step
opintoaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish opinnot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opinnot | studies |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntö | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish aste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aste | grade; degree; degree, degree Celsius |
| 2 | Finnish | astua | to step (on), tread (on), pace, stride |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | astudak | to step, to take steps |