Where does “kyynärmitta” come from?

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

kyynärmitta (Finnish): A rod or stick on which the length of exactly one...

Definitions

  1. A rod or stick on which the length of exactly one...

Ancestry of “kyynärmitta”, step by step

kyynärmitta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure

via Finnish kyynärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyynäräelbow, forearm; a traditional measure of length...
2Proto-Uralicküńäelbow
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