Where does “mittanauha” come from?

mittanauha (Finnish) comes from Finnish nauha, from Proto-Finnic nauha — ribbon, band.

mittanauha (Finnish): measuring tape, tape measure

Definitions

  1. measuring tape, tape measure

Ancestry of “mittanauha”, step by step

mittanauha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nauha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauharibbon, band, string; lace, shoelace; tape
2Proto-Finnicnauharibbon, band

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Finnic nauha →Every word from Finnish nauha →
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