Where does “mittapyörä” come from?

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

mittapyörä (Finnish): odometer, surveyor's wheel

Definitions

  1. odometer, surveyor's wheel

Ancestry of “mittapyörä”, step by step

mittapyörä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure

via Finnish pyörä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic mitta →Every word from Finnish mitta →