Where does “ilmu ukur tanah” come from?

ilmu ukur tanah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ilmu ukur, from Dutch meetkunde, from Dutch meten, from Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

ilmu ukur tanah (Indonesian): geodesy: the discipline which deals with the measurement and representation of Earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, Earth tides, and crustal motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying space

Definitions

  1. geodesy: the discipline which deals with the measurement and representation of Earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, Earth tides, and crustal motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying space

Ancestry of “ilmu ukur tanah”, step by step

ilmu ukur tanah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ilmu ukur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianilmu ukurgeometry
2Dutchmeetkundegeometry
3Dutchmetento measure; to measure up
4Middle Dutchmētento measure
5Old Dutchmetanto measure
6Proto-Germanic*metan
7Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Indonesian tanah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantanahearth; ground; land
2Malaytanahground; land; earth
3Proto-Malayic*tanahearth; soil
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tanəqearth, soil, land
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-