Where does “verensokerimittari” come from?
verensokerimittari (Finnish) comes from Finnish verensokeri, from Finnish sokeri, from Swedish socker, from Old Swedish soker, from Middle Low German sucker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from Italian zucchero — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
verensokerimittari (Finnish): glucometer device for measuring the concentration of glucose in the blood
Definitions
- glucometer device for measuring the concentration of glucose in the blood
Ancestry of “verensokerimittari”, step by step
verensokerimittari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish verensokeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | verensokeri | blood sugar |
| 2 | Finnish | sokeri | sugar |
| 3 | Swedish | socker | sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | soker | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | sucker | sugar |
| 6 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
| 7 | Old High German | zuckar | — |
| 8 | Italian | zucchero | sugar; first-person singular indicative present... |
| 9 | Arabic | سُكَّر | — |
| 10 | Persian | شکر | sugar |
| 11 | Middle Persian | škl | sugar |
| 12 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |
via Finnish mittari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mittari | meter, gauge, indicator, instrument; geometrid... |
| 2 | Finnish | mitata | to measure (off/out), gauge |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mēten | to measure |
| 4 | Old Dutch | metan | to measure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |