Where does “mittaetsin” come from?

mittaetsin (Finnish) comes from Finnish etsin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

mittaetsin (Finnish): rangefinder

Definitions

  1. rangefinder

Ancestry of “mittaetsin”, step by step

mittaetsin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish etsin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetsinviewfinder; First person singular present form...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish etsin →