Where does “meetkundig” come from?

meetkundig (Dutch) comes from Dutch meetkunde, 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.

meetkundig (Dutch): geometric

Definitions

  1. geometric

Ancestry of “meetkundig”, step by step

meetkundig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch meetkunde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmeetkundegeometry
2Dutchmetento measure; to measure up
3Middle Dutchmētento measure
4Old Dutchmetanto measure
5Proto-Germanic*metan—
6Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Dutch ig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchig-y
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →