Where does “rataosa” come from?
rataosa (Finnish) comes from Finnish osa, from Finnish osamäärä, from Finnish määrä, from Old East Slavic мѣра, from Proto-Slavic měra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mḗˀrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-reh₂, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
rataosa (Finnish): railway section
Ancestry of “rataosa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | osa | part; piece; proportion, section |
| 2 | Finnish | osamäärä | A quotient |
| 3 | Finnish | määrä | amount, quantity; count, number; aim, target,... |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | мѣра | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | měra | measure |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mḗˀrāˀ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁-reh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |