Where does “afmeten” come from?

afmeten (Dutch) comes from Dutch meten, from Middle Dutch mēten, from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

afmeten (Dutch): to measure off

Definitions

  1. to measure off

Ancestry of “afmeten”, step by step

afmeten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch meten

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

via Dutch af

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchafoff; off, from; finished, done
2Middle Dutchafoff, out, away; of, about
3Old Dutchaf—
4Proto-Germanicabaway from; away
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from

Words derived from “afmeten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →