Where does “mittaus” come from?

mittaus (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.

mittaus (Finnish): measurement

Definitions

  1. measurement

Ancestry of “mittaus”, step by step

mittaus 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 us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “mittaus

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