Where does “kaapelinmitta” come from?

kaapelinmitta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaapeli, from Swedish kabel, from French câble, from Old French cable, from Vulgar Latin caplum, from Latin capulum, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

kaapelinmitta (Finnish): cable length

Definitions

  1. cable length

Ancestry of “kaapelinmitta”, step by step

kaapelinmitta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaapeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaapelicable
2Swedishkabelcable
3Frenchcâblecable; first-person singular present indicative...
4Old Frenchcable
5Vulgar Latincaplum
6Latincapulumhandle; hilt; halter, lasso
7Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
8Proto-Italickapiōtake
9Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
10Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyétiEvery word from Proto-Italic kapjō