Where does “tasotikas” come from?

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

tasotikas (Finnish): stepladder with tray

Definitions

  1. stepladder with tray

Ancestry of “tasotikas”, step by step

tasotikas 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 tikas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikasladder; rung of a ladder
2Old Swedishstighi—
Every word from Proto-Uralic taśa →Every word from Proto-Finnic tasa →Every word from Finnish tasa →