Where does “pittuusyksikkö” come from?

pittuusyksikkö (Ingrian) comes from Finnish yksikkö, from Finnish -kkö, from Proto-Finnic -kkoi — Forms diminutive nouns.

pittuusyksikkö (Ingrian): unit of length

Definitions

  1. unit of length

Ancestry of “pittuusyksikkö”, step by step

pittuusyksikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yksikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksikköunit; singular; single
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns

via Ingrian pittuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpittuuslength
2Proto-Finnicpiduclength
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kkoi →Every word from Finnish -kkö →Every word from Finnish yksikkö →