Where does “maanmittausoppi” come from?

maanmittausoppi (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.

maanmittausoppi (Finnish): geodetics, geodesy

Definitions

  1. geodetics, geodesy

Ancestry of “maanmittausoppi”, step by step

maanmittausoppi 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 oppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoppidoctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense...
2Finnishoppiato learn
3Proto-Finnicoppidakto learn
4Proto-Finno-Ugricwoppe-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →