Where does “pituusyksikkö” come from?

pituusyksikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish yksikkö, from Finnish -kkö, from Proto-Finnic -kkoi — Forms diminutive nouns.

pituusyksikkö (Finnish): unit of length

Definitions

  1. unit of length

Ancestry of “pituusyksikkö”, step by step

pituusyksikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yksikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksikköunit; singular; single
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns

via Finnish pituus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
2Proto-Finnicpiduclength
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kkoi →Every word from Finnish -kkö →Every word from Finnish yksikkö →