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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmitataTo measure , gauge
2Middle Dutchmēten—
3Old Dutchmetanto measure
4Proto-Germanic*metan—
5Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
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