Where does “ulosmittaus” come from?

ulosmittaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ulosmitata, from Swedish utmäta, from Swedish mäta, from Old Swedish mata, from Middle Low German maten, from Old Saxon metan, from Proto-West Germanic metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną — to measure; to give advice; healing.

ulosmittaus (Finnish): foreclosure, enforcement, repossession

Definitions

  1. foreclosure, enforcement, repossession

Ancestry of “ulosmittaus”, step by step

ulosmittaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ulosmitata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishulosmitatato foreclose, repossess
2Swedishutmätato seize, to mete out, distrain, to foreclose on
3Swedishmätato measure
4Old Swedishmata—
5Middle Low Germanmaten—
6Old Saxonmetanto measure; to mete
7Proto-West Germanicmetanto measure
8Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Finnish mittaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittausmeasurement
2Finnishmitatato measure (off/out), gauge
3Middle Dutchmētento measure
4Old Dutchmetanto measure
5Proto-Germanic*metan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →