Where does “pituusmitta” come from?

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

pituusmitta (Finnish): linear measure, length measure; unit or measurement of length

Definitions

  1. linear measure, length measure; unit or measurement of length

Ancestry of “pituusmitta”, step by step

pituusmitta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure

via Finnish pituus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
2Proto-Finnicpiduclength
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