Where does “merenmittausalus” come from?

merenmittausalus (Finnish) comes from Finnish merenmittaus, 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.

merenmittausalus (Finnish): (hydrographic) survey vessel

Definitions

  1. (hydrographic) survey vessel

Ancestry of “merenmittausalus”, step by step

merenmittausalus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish merenmittaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerenmittaushydrographic surveying, marine surveying
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 alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →