Where does “висотомір” come from?

висотомір (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian висота, from Russian -ота́, from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

висотомір (Ukrainian): altimeter

Definitions

  1. altimeter

Ancestry of “висотомір”, step by step

висотомір traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian висота

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianвисотаheight
2Russian-ота́
3Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ
5Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂

via Ukrainian мі́рити

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianмі́ритиto measure, to try on
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂Every word from Russian -ота́Every word from Proto-Slavic -ota