Where does “maanmittaustoimitus” come from?

maanmittaustoimitus (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.

maanmittaustoimitus (Finnish): cadastral survey

Definitions

  1. cadastral survey

Ancestry of “maanmittaustoimitus”, step by step

maanmittaustoimitus 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 toimitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoimitusdelivery, dispatch; editorial staff; editorial...
2Finnishtoimittaato send, deliver, take, get, fetch, ship
3FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
4Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
5Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
6Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
7Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
8Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd-Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną