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askel

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Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *askël, from Proto-Uralic *aśkele ~ *aśka-le.[1] Cognate with Erzya эскелькс (eskeľks).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑskel/, [ˈɑ̝s̠k̟e̞l]
  • Rhymes: -ɑskel
  • Hyphenation(key): as‧kel

Noun

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askel

  1. step, pace (advance or movement made from one foot to the other)
  2. step, pace (distance covered in a step)
  3. step (small space or distance)
  4. step (proceeding; measure; action; act)
  5. (music) step (interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale)
  6. (kinematics) step (change of position effected by a motion of translation)

Declension

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Possessive forms of askel (Kotus type 49/askel, no gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “askel”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Karelian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *aśke (~ -lV), *aćke ( ~ -lV).

Noun

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askel (genitive askelen, partitive askeldu)

  1. step
  2. pace