Where does “mittapituus” come from?

mittapituus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mitta, from Proto-Finnic mitta — measure.

mittapituus (Finnish): gauge length

Definitions

  1. gauge length

Ancestry of “mittapituus”, step by step

mittapituus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure

via Finnish pituus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
2Proto-Finnicpiduclength
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