Where does “meetlint” come from?

meetlint (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.

meetlint (Dutch): long tape measure

Definitions

  1. long tape measure

Ancestry of “meetlint”, step by step

meetlint 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 lint

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlintA ribbon, a cloth band or non-textile tape; A...
2Middle Dutchlijnderope
3Middle Dutchlīne—
4Old Dutchlīna—
5Proto-Germaniclīnǭthat which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,...
6Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →