Where does “väestömäärä” come from?
väestömäärä (Finnish) comes from Finnish määrä, from Old East Slavic мѣра, from Proto-Slavic měra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mḗˀrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁-reh₂, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
väestömäärä (Finnish): population size, population; total number of people
Definitions
- population size, population; total number of people
Ancestry of “väestömäärä”, step by step
väestömäärä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish määrä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | määrä | amount, quantity; count, number; aim, target,... |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | мѣра | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | měra | measure |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mḗˀrāˀ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁-reh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |
via Finnish väestö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väestö | Population; the people living within a political... |
| 2 | Finnish | väki | people, crowd; power, strength, force |
| 3 | Icelandic | vaki | hormone |
| 4 | Arabic | وَاقِع | happening, occurring; falling |
| 5 | Arabic | النَّسْر الوَاقِع | falling eagle |