Where does “karviaismittari” come from?
karviaismittari (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.
karviaismittari (Finnish): magpie moth
Definitions
- magpie moth
Ancestry of “karviaismittari”, step by step
karviaismittari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mittari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mittari | meter, gauge, indicator, instrument; geometrid... |
| 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 karviainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karviainen | gooseberry |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |