Where does “sävyasteikko” come from?

sävyasteikko (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).

sävyasteikko (Finnish): tonal scale

Definitions

  1. tonal scale

Ancestry of “sävyasteikko”, step by step

sävyasteikko 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 sävy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsävyhue; tone
2Finnishsäveltone; melody, tune; note
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →Every word from Finnish -ikko →Every word from Finnish asteikko →