Where does “meetkunde” come from?

meetkunde (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.

meetkunde (Dutch): geometry

Definitions

  1. geometry

Ancestry of “meetkunde”, step by step

meetkunde 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 kunde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkundeskill, competency
2Middle Dutchcondefirst/third-person singular past...
3Old Dutchkundi
4Proto-Germanickundīn

Words derived from “meetkunde

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-
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