Where does “mitanpitävä” come from?
mitanpitävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitävä, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
mitanpitävä (Finnish): dimensionally stable
Ancestry of “mitanpitävä”, step by step
mitanpitävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pitävä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pitävä | solid, as in "pitävä väite"; firm, as in "pitävä... |
| 2 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |
via Finnish mitta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mitta | measure; length, measure |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mitta | measure |
Words derived from “mitanpitävä”