Where does “inertiamittausyksikkö” come from?

inertiamittausyksikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish inertiamittaus, 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- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

inertiamittausyksikkö (Finnish): inertial measurement unit

Definitions

  1. inertial measurement unit

Ancestry of “inertiamittausyksikkö”, step by step

inertiamittausyksikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish inertiamittaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinertiamittausinertial measurement
2Finnishmittausmeasurement
3Finnishmitatato measure (off/out), gauge
4Middle Dutchmētento measure
5Old Dutchmetanto measure
6Proto-Germanic*metan—
7Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Finnish yksikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksikköunit; singular; single
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →