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
- to measure; to measure up
Ancestry of “meten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | mēten | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | metan | to measure |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
Words derived from “meten”