Where does “keskimittainen” come from?

keskimittainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish mittainen, from Finnish mitta, from Proto-Finnic mitta — measure.

keskimittainen (Finnish): medium, average of a measurement, such as height or weight

Definitions

  1. medium, average of a measurement, such as height or weight

Ancestry of “keskimittainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittainenmeasuring, of a measure, being of a certain size,...
2Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
3Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Finnic mitta →Every word from Finnish mitta →Every word from Finnish mittainen →
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