Where does “maanmittaushallinto” come from?

maanmittaushallinto (Finnish) comes from Finnish maanmittaus, from Finnish mittaus, 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.

maanmittaushallinto (Finnish): surveying administration

Definitions

  1. surveying administration

Ancestry of “maanmittaushallinto”, step by step

maanmittaushallinto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maanmittaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaanmittaussurveying, land surveying; geomatics; geodesy
2Finnishmittausmeasurement
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 hallinto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhallintogovernment, management, administration
2Finnishhallitato rule, govern, reign, administer, command; to...
3Finnish-itaForms instrumental verbs from nouns; Forms some...
4Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →