Where does “sormenleveys” come from?

sormenleveys (Finnish) comes from Finnish sormi, from Proto-Finnic sormi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme.

sormenleveys (Finnish): fingerbreadth

Definitions

  1. fingerbreadth

Ancestry of “sormenleveys”, step by step

sormenleveys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sormi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsormifinger
2Proto-Finnicsormifinger
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsorme—

via Finnish leveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleveyswidth or breadth of an object; beam; "in...
2Finnishleveäwide
3Proto-Finniclevedäwide
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sorme →Every word from Proto-Finnic sormi →Every word from Finnish sormi →