Where does “maksimituntimäärä” come from?

maksimituntimäärä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuntimäärä, 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.

maksimituntimäärä (Finnish): maximum number of hours

Definitions

  1. maximum number of hours

Ancestry of “maksimituntimäärä”, step by step

maksimituntimäärä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuntimäärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntimääränumber of hours
2Finnishmääräamount, quantity; count, number; aim, target,...
3Old East Slavicмѣра
4Proto-Slavicměrameasure
5Proto-Balto-Slavicmḗˀrāˀ
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-reh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Finnish maksimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksimimaximum
2LatinMaximusthe greatest
3Proto-Italic*magisVmos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-