Where does “pH-asteikko” come from?

pH-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).

pH-asteikko (Finnish): pH scale scale for measuring acidity and alcality of a substance

Definitions

  1. pH scale scale for measuring acidity and alcality of a substance

Ancestry of “pH-asteikko”, step by step

pH-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 pH

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpH
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i-Every word from Finnish -ikkoEvery word from Finnish asteikko