Where does “mittaaja” come from?

mittaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish mitata, from Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

mittaaja (Finnish): measurer

Definitions

  1. measurer

Ancestry of “mittaaja”, step by step

mittaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmitatato measure (off/out), gauge
2Middle Dutchmētento measure
3Old Dutchmetanto measure
4Proto-Germanic*metan—
5Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “mittaaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →