Where does “մասշտաբ” come from?
մասշտաբ (Armenian) comes from Russian масшта́б, from German Maßstab, from German maß, from Middle High German māz, from Old High German māza, from Pali mātu, from Proto-Germanic mētō, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.
մասշտաբ (Armenian): scale ratio of distances
Definitions
- scale ratio of distances
Ancestry of “մասշտաբ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | масшта́б | scale {{i|dimension}} |
| 2 | German | Maßstab | scale; measure, criterion, yardstick |
| 3 | German | maß | first/third-person singular preterite of messen |
| 4 | Middle High German | māz | — |
| 5 | Old High German | māza | — |
| 6 | Pali | mātu | gen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mētō | measure; size |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |