Where does “tasokolmio” come from?

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

tasokolmio (Finnish): plane triangle, planar triangle

Definitions

  1. plane triangle, planar triangle

Ancestry of “tasokolmio”, step by step

tasokolmio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasolevel; standard; wing
2Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
3Proto-Finnictasaeven
4Proto-Uralictaśaeven

via Finnish kolmio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmiotriangle; three-room apartment; give way sign,...
2Finnishkolmethree
3Finnishkolmitri-
4Proto-Uralic*kolme—
Every word from Proto-Uralic taśa →Every word from Proto-Finnic tasa →Every word from Finnish tasa →