Where does “mittaustiede” come from?
mittaustiede (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.
mittaustiede (Finnish): metrology
Definitions
- metrology
Ancestry of “mittaustiede”, step by step
mittaustiede traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mittaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mittaus | measurement |
| 2 | Finnish | mitata | to measure (off/out), gauge |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mēten | to measure |
| 4 | Old Dutch | metan | to measure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
via Finnish tiede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiede | science; one of the liberal arts or humanities |
| 2 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |