Where does “mittari” come from?

mittari (Finnish) comes from Finnish mitata, from Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

mittari (Finnish): meter, gauge, indicator, instrument; geometrid...

Definitions

  1. meter, gauge, indicator, instrument; geometrid...

Ancestry of “mittari”, step by step

mittari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmitatato measure (off/out), gauge
2Middle Dutchmētento measure
3Old Dutchmetanto measure
4Proto-Germanic*metan
5Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Finnish Ari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAri
2Latinadrianus

Words derived from “mittari

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd-Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną