Where does “latvamitta” come from?

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

latvamitta (Finnish): top diameter of a tree, less than the trunk diameter

Definitions

  1. top diameter of a tree, less than the trunk diameter

Ancestry of “latvamitta”, step by step

latvamitta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure

via Finnish latva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlatvatreetop; headwaters
2Proto-Finniclatvatreetop
Every word from Proto-Finnic mitta →Every word from Finnish mitta →