Where does “määrittely” come from?
määrittely (Finnish) comes from Finnish määritellä, from Finnish määrittää, from Finnish määrä, from Old East Slavic мѣра, from Proto-Slavic měra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mḗˀrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-reh₂, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
määrittely (Finnish): specification; configuration; definition
Definitions
- specification; configuration; definition
Ancestry of “määrittely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | määritellä | to define; to configure |
| 2 | Finnish | määrittää | to specify, determine, define, set; to diagnose;... |
| 3 | Finnish | määrä | amount, quantity; count, number; aim, target,... |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | мѣра | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | měra | measure |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mḗˀrāˀ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁-reh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |