Where does “heittokuutiometri” come from?
heittokuutiometri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuutiometri, from Finnish metri, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
heittokuutiometri (Finnish): loose cubic metre measurement of volume for wood, timber or other solid materials; measured when loosely stacked
Definitions
- loose cubic metre measurement of volume for wood, timber or other solid materials; measured when loosely stacked
Ancestry of “heittokuutiometri”, step by step
heittokuutiometri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuutiometri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuutiometri | cubic metre |
| 2 | Finnish | metri | metre; meter |
| 3 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Finnish heitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heitto | throw, cast, shy; toss; shot |
| 2 | Finnish | heittää | to throw, cast, hurl, toss |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | heittädäk | to throw |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | šej- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sēja-/sēje | — |