Where does “kyynäränmittainen” come from?

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

kyynäränmittainen (Finnish): measuring (one) cubit

Definitions

  1. measuring (one) cubit

Ancestry of “kyynäränmittainen”, step by step

kyynäränmittainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mittainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittainenmeasuring, of a measure, being of a certain size,...
2Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
3Proto-Finnicmittameasure

via Finnish kyynärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyynäräelbow, forearm; a traditional measure of length...
2Proto-Uralicküńäelbow
Every word from Proto-Finnic mitta →Every word from Finnish mitta →Every word from Finnish mittainen →