Where does “pituusaste” come from?

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

pituusaste (Finnish): longitude angular distance east or west from the Greenwich meridian, degree of longitude

Definitions

  1. longitude angular distance east or west from the Greenwich meridian, degree of longitude

Ancestry of “pituusaste”, step by step

pituusaste 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 pituus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
2Proto-Finnicpiduclength
Every word from Proto-Finnic astudak →Every word from Finnish astua →Every word from Finnish aste →