Where does “paahtoaste” come from?

paahtoaste (Finnish) comes from Finnish aste, from Finnish astua, from Proto-Finnic astudak — to step, to take steps.

paahtoaste (Finnish): roast

Definitions

  1. roast

Ancestry of “paahtoaste”, step by step

paahtoaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastegrade; degree; degree, degree Celsius
2Finnishastuato step (on), tread (on), pace, stride
3Proto-Finnicastudakto step, to take steps

via Finnish paahto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaahtoroast; roast, roasted, toasted
2Finnishpaahtaato toast; to roast; to parch
Every word from Proto-Finnic astudak →Every word from Finnish astua →Every word from Finnish aste →