Where does “etäisyydenmittaus” come from?

etäisyydenmittaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mittaus, from Finnish mitata, from Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

etäisyydenmittaus (Finnish): rangefinding, distance measurement, measuring distances

Definitions

  1. rangefinding, distance measurement, measuring distances

Ancestry of “etäisyydenmittaus”, step by step

etäisyydenmittaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mittaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittausmeasurement
2Finnishmitatato measure (off/out), gauge
3Middle Dutchmētento measure
4Old Dutchmetanto measure
5Proto-Germanic*metan—
6Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Finnish etäisyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetäisyysdistance
2Finnishetäinenremote, distant, far
3Finnishetä-distant, remote, long-distance, far-off
4Proto-Finnicetäfar, distant
5Proto-Finno-Permicečkä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →