Where does “vaativuusaste” come from?

vaativuusaste (Finnish) comes from Finnish aste, from Finnish astua, from Proto-Finnic astudak — to step, to take steps.

vaativuusaste (Finnish): degree of difficulty

Definitions

  1. degree of difficulty

Ancestry of “vaativuusaste”, step by step

vaativuusaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastegrade; degree; degree, degree Celsius
2Finnishastuato step (on), tread (on), pace, stride
3Proto-Finnicastudakto step, to take steps

via Finnish vaativuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaativuusdemandingness, challengingness
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic astudak →Every word from Finnish astua →Every word from Finnish aste →