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

  1. scale ratio of distances

Ancestry of “մասշտաբ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмасшта́бscale {{i|dimension}}
2GermanMaßstabscale; measure, criterion, yardstick
3Germanmaßfirst/third-person singular preterite of messen
4Middle High Germanmāz
5Old High Germanmāza
6Palimātugen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of...
7Proto-Germanicmētōmeasure; size
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-