Where does “sademittari” come from?
sademittari (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.
sademittari (Finnish): rain gauge
Definitions
- rain gauge
Ancestry of “sademittari”, step by step
sademittari 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 Säde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Säde | — |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sadek | precipitation |
| 3 | Polish | -ek | masculine diminutive noun suffix |
| 4 | Polish | -ny | Forms masculine adjectives |
| 5 | Latin | temporālis | of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal |
| 6 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |