Where does “älykkyysosamäärä” come from?

älykkyysosamäärä (Finnish) comes from Finnish osamäärä, from Finnish määrä, from Old East Slavic мѣра, from Proto-Slavic měra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mḗˀrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-reh₂, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

älykkyysosamäärä (Finnish): intelligence quotient

Definitions

  1. intelligence quotient

Ancestry of “älykkyysosamäärä”, step by step

älykkyysosamäärä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish osamäärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishosamääräA quotient
2Finnishmääräamount, quantity; count, number; aim, target,...
3Old East Slavicмѣра
4Proto-Slavicměrameasure
5Proto-Balto-Slavicmḗˀrāˀ
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-reh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Finnish älykkyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishälykkyysintelligence
2Finnishälykäsintelligent
3Finnish-kas-y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many,...
4Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-reh₂Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mḗˀrāˀ
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