Where does “meten” come from?

meten (Dutch) comes 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.

meten (Dutch): to measure; to measure up

Definitions

  1. to measure; to measure up

Ancestry of “meten”, step by step

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

Words derived from “meten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →
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