Where does “laseretäisyysmittari” come from?

laseretäisyysmittari (Finnish) comes from Finnish etäisyysmittari, from Finnish mittari, from Finnish mitata, from Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

laseretäisyysmittari (Finnish): laser rangefinder

Definitions

  1. laser rangefinder

Ancestry of “laseretäisyysmittari”, step by step

laseretäisyysmittari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish etäisyysmittari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetäisyysmittarirangefinder
2Finnishmittarimeter, gauge, indicator, instrument; geometrid...
3Finnishmitatato measure (off/out), gauge
4Middle Dutchmētento measure
5Old Dutchmetanto measure
6Proto-Germanic*metan—
7Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Finnish laser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaserlaser
2EnglishLASERAcronym of light amplification by stimulated...
3Latinlaserthe juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →