Where does “oppilasmäärä” come from?

oppilasmäärä (Finnish) comes from Finnish oppilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

oppilasmäärä (Finnish): number of students, student count

Definitions

  1. number of students, student count

Ancestry of “oppilasmäärä”, step by step

oppilasmäärä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oppilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoppilaspupil
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish määrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääräamount, quantity; count, number; aim, target,...
2Old East Slavicмѣра—
3Proto-Slavicměrameasure
4Proto-Balto-Slavicmḗˀrāˀ—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-reh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →