Where does “taajuuskaista” come from?

taajuuskaista (Finnish) comes from Finnish taajuus, from Finnish taaja, from Proto-Finnic takja — dense, thick.

taajuuskaista (Finnish): frequency band, frequency range

Definitions

  1. frequency band, frequency range

Ancestry of “taajuuskaista”, step by step

taajuuskaista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taajuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaajuusfrequency
2Finnishtaajathick, dense; frequent
3Proto-Finnictakjadense, thick

via Finnish kaista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaistalane; band; shred, strip
2Proto-Norsegaistō(n)-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic takja →Every word from Finnish taaja →Every word from Finnish taajuus →