Where does “stereoetäisyysmittari” come from?

stereoetäisyysmittari (Finnish) comes from Finnish etäisyysmittari, 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- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

stereoetäisyysmittari (Finnish): coincidence rangefinder, stereoscopic rangefinder

Definitions

  1. coincidence rangefinder, stereoscopic rangefinder

Ancestry of “stereoetäisyysmittari”, step by step

stereoetäisyysmittari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish etäisyysmittari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetäisyysmittarirangefinder
2Finnishmittarimeter, gauge, indicator, instrument; geometrid...
3Finnishmitatato measure (off/out), gauge
4Middle Dutchmētento measure
5Old Dutchmetanto measure
6Proto-Germanic*metan
7Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Finnish stereo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishstereostereo
2Ancient Greekστερεόςfirm, solid, rigid; standard, of full value;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-
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