Where does “mittapuu” come from?

mittapuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

mittapuu (Finnish): yardstick, benchmark, measure, standard standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged

Definitions

  1. yardstick, benchmark, measure, standard standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged

Ancestry of “mittapuu”, step by step

mittapuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Uralic puweEvery word from Proto-Finnic puuEvery word from Finnish puu
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