Where does “valtapituus” come from?

valtapituus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pituus, from Proto-Finnic piduc — length.

valtapituus (Finnish): dominant height; the mean height of the 100 trees (per hectare) with the largest diameter at breast height

Definitions

  1. dominant height; the mean height of the 100 trees (per hectare) with the largest diameter at breast height

Ancestry of “valtapituus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
2Proto-Finnicpiduclength
Every word from Proto-Finnic piduc →Every word from Finnish pituus →