Where does “mitta-astia” come from?

mitta-astia (Finnish) comes from Finnish mitta, from Proto-Finnic mitta — measure.

mitta-astia (Finnish): measuring vessel, measuring container

Definitions

  1. measuring vessel, measuring container

Ancestry of “mitta-astia”, step by step

mitta-astia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure

via Finnish astia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastiacontainer, vessel, receptacle; dish; bin
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