Where does “tilavuusmitta” come from?

tilavuusmitta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tilavuus, from Finnish tilava, from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

tilavuusmitta (Finnish): capacity measure, cubic measure

Definitions

  1. capacity measure, cubic measure

Ancestry of “tilavuusmitta”, step by step

tilavuusmitta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tilavuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilavuusvolume; capacity
2Finnishtilavaspacious, roomy
3Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc