Where does “Blutdruckmessgerät” come from?

Blutdruckmessgerät (German) comes from German Messgerät, from German Gerät, from Middle High German geræte, from Old High German girāti, from Old High German rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Blutdruckmessgerät (German): sphygmomanometer

Definitions

  1. sphygmomanometer

Ancestry of “Blutdruckmessgerät”, step by step

Blutdruckmessgerät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Messgerät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMessgerätgauge, meter
2GermanGerätdevice, tool, appliance, machine; equipment,...
3Middle High Germangeræteequipment; consultation; equipment
4Old High Germangirātiadvice, consultation
5Old High Germanrātadvice, council; advise
6Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
7Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via German Blutdruck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBlutdruckblood pressure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-