Where does “meting” come from?
meting (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.
meting (Dutch): measurement
Ancestry of “meting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | meten | to measure; to measure up |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | mēten | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | metan | to measure |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |