Where does “syntymäpituus” come from?

syntymäpituus (Finnish) comes from Finnish syntymä, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

syntymäpituus (Finnish): height at birth

Definitions

  1. height at birth

Ancestry of “syntymäpituus”, step by step

syntymäpituus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syntymä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyntymäbirth
2Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish pituus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
2Proto-Finnicpiduclength
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →