Where does “etäisyysmittari” come from?

etäisyysmittari (Finnish) comes from Finnish mittari, 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.

etäisyysmittari (Finnish): rangefinder

Definitions

  1. rangefinder

Ancestry of “etäisyysmittari”, step by step

etäisyysmittari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mittari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittarimeter, gauge, indicator, instrument; geometrid...
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—

Words derived from “etäisyysmittari”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →