Where does “mittakenttä” come from?

mittakenttä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kenttä, from Proto-Samic kientē — meadow, field.

mittakenttä (Finnish): gauge field

Definitions

  1. gauge field

Ancestry of “mittakenttä”, step by step

mittakenttä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kenttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
2Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Samic kientē →Every word from Finnish kenttä →