Where does “mittasuhde” come from?

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

mittasuhde (Finnish): proportion

Definitions

  1. proportion

Ancestry of “mittasuhde”, step by step

mittasuhde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure

via Finnish suhde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuhdeproportion, ratio; relationship, affair; attitude
2Finnishsuhtaratio, proportion
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