Where does “tijdmeting” come from?
tijdmeting (Dutch) comes from Dutch meting, 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.
tijdmeting (Dutch): time measurement
Definitions
- time measurement
Ancestry of “tijdmeting”, step by step
tijdmeting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch meting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | meting | measurement |
| 2 | Dutch | meten | to measure; to measure up |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mēten | to measure |
| 4 | Old Dutch | metan | to measure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
via Dutch tijd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tijd | time; tense |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tijt | time; time, moment; right, appointed time |
| 3 | Old Dutch | tīt | time |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |