Where does “tasaleveä” come from?

tasaleveä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.

tasaleveä (Finnish): evenly wide; of flat, unchanging width

Definitions

  1. evenly wide; of flat, unchanging width

Ancestry of “tasaleveä”, step by step

tasaleveä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
2Proto-Finnictasaeven
3Proto-Uralictaśaeven

via Finnish leveä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleveäwide
2Proto-Finniclevedäwide
Every word from Proto-Uralic taśa →Every word from Proto-Finnic tasa →Every word from Finnish tasa →