Where does “mittapysyvyys” come from?

mittapysyvyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pysyvyys, from Finnish pysyvä, from Finnish pysyä, from Proto-Finnic püsüdäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic pise-.

mittapysyvyys (Finnish): dimensional stability

Definitions

  1. dimensional stability

Ancestry of “mittapysyvyys”, step by step

mittapysyvyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pysyvyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpysyvyyspermanence
2Finnishpysyväpermanent; Present active participle of pysyä
3Finnishpysyäto stay, remain
4Proto-Finnicpüsüdäkto stay, to remain
5Proto-Finno-Permicpise-—

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pise- →Every word from Proto-Finnic püsüdäk →Every word from Finnish pysyä →