Where does “mittausmenetelmä” come from?

mittausmenetelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mittaus, 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.

mittausmenetelmä (Finnish): measurement method, measuring method

Definitions

  1. measurement method, measuring method

Ancestry of “mittausmenetelmä”, step by step

mittausmenetelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mittaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittausmeasurement
2Finnishmitatato measure (off/out), gauge
3Middle Dutchmētento measure
4Old Dutchmetanto measure
5Proto-Germanic*metan—
6Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Finnish menetelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenetelmämethod; procedure
2FinnishmenetelläTo do, act, proceed; To do, be good enough
3Finnishmenettääto lose, miss
4Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
5Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
6Proto-Uralicmene-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →