Where does “kulmamitta” come from?

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

kulmamitta (Finnish): bevel square, angle square

Definitions

  1. bevel square, angle square

Ancestry of “kulmamitta”, step by step

kulmamitta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure

via Finnish kuľma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuľmacorner external point where two converging lines meet
Every word from Proto-Finnic mitta →Every word from Finnish mitta →