Where does “inertiamittaus” come from?
inertiamittaus (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.
inertiamittaus (Finnish): inertial measurement
Definitions
- inertial measurement
Ancestry of “inertiamittaus”, step by step
inertiamittaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mittaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mittaus | measurement |
| 2 | Finnish | mitata | to measure (off/out), gauge |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mēten | to measure |
| 4 | Old Dutch | metan | to measure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
via Finnish inertia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | inertia | inertia |
| 2 | Latin | inertia | want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance;... |
| 3 | Latin | iners | without skill, unskilled, unskillful,... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |