Where does “rangaistusasteikko” come from?

rangaistusasteikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish rangaistus, from Finnish rangaista, from Finnish ranka, from Proto-Finnic ranka.

rangaistusasteikko (Finnish): punishment scale, punitive scale, penalty scale; sentencing range

Definitions

  1. punishment scale, punitive scale, penalty scale; sentencing range

Ancestry of “rangaistusasteikko”, step by step

rangaistusasteikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rangaistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrangaistuspunishment; penalty; comeuppance
2FinnishrangaistaTo punish, penalise/penalize, mete out a...
3Finnishrankapole; stalk; spine
4Proto-Finnicranka—

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)
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