Where does “rengaspainemittari” come from?
rengaspainemittari (Finnish) comes from Finnish mittari, 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.
rengaspainemittari (Finnish): tire pressure gauge, tire gauge device for measuring tire pressure
Definitions
- tire pressure gauge, tire gauge device for measuring tire pressure
Ancestry of “rengaspainemittari”, step by step
rengaspainemittari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mittari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mittari | meter, gauge, indicator, instrument; geometrid... |
| 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 rengaspaine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rengaspaine | tyre pressure |
| 2 | Finnish | rengas | ring, loop, hoop; tyre, tire; ring |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rengas | ring, hoop |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hrengaz | ring |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hringaz | ring, circle; curve; sound, ring |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krengʰ- | to turn, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |