Where does “rinnankorkeus” come from?

rinnankorkeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish korkeus, from Proto-Finnic korkeduc, from Proto-Finnic korkeda — tall, high.

rinnankorkeus (Finnish): breast height height of 1.3 metres (or 4.5 ft in the US)

Definitions

  1. breast height height of 1.3 metres (or 4.5 ft in the US)

Ancestry of “rinnankorkeus”, step by step

rinnankorkeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korkeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkeusheight; altitude
2Proto-Finnickorkeducheight; altitude
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Proto-Finnic korkeda →