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Where does “kyynärmitta” come from?

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

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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmitta—
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