Where does “Belichtungsmesser” come from?

Belichtungsmesser (German) comes from German Belichtung, from German belichten, from German lichten, from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen — boundary, end.

Belichtungsmesser (German): light meter, exposure meter

Definitions

  1. light meter, exposure meter

Ancestry of “Belichtungsmesser”, step by step

Belichtungsmesser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Belichtung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBelichtungexposure; illumination
2Germanbelichtento expose
3Germanlichtento thin out; to clear; to make sparse; to thin...
4Germanlichtlight, bright; unobstructed, clear
5GermanDruckpressure; print
6Germandrückento press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;...
7Middle High Germandrücken
8Old High Germandrucchento press
9Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
10Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
11Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
12Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
13Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
14Proto-Italictermenos
15Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

via German messer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmesserknife
2Germanmessento measure; to compete; to measure; to be a given...
3Middle High Germanmëȥȥen
4Old High Germanmëȥȥen
5Proto-Germanic*metan
6Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥Every word from Proto-Italic termenosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-