Where does “tasoite” come from?

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

tasoite (Finnish): screed, filler, putty material used to flat, level or even something out

Definitions

  1. screed, filler, putty material used to flat, level or even something out

Ancestry of “tasoite”, step by step

tasoite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tasoittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasoittaato level; to flatten; to even
2Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
3Proto-Finnictasaeven
4Proto-Uralictaśaeven

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “tasoite

Every word from Proto-Uralic taśaEvery word from Proto-Finnic tasaEvery word from Finnish tasa