Where does “Gleichmaß” come from?

Gleichmaß (German) comes from German gleich, from Middle High German gelīch, from Old High German gilīh, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

Gleichmaß (German): equal measure

Definitions

  1. equal measure

Ancestry of “Gleichmaß”, step by step

Gleichmaß traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gleich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangleichequal; same; very similar; same; identical
2Middle High Germangelīch—
3Old High Germangilīhequal
4Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
5Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

via German maß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmaßfirst/third-person singular preterite of messen
2Middle High Germanmāz—
3Old High Germanmāza—
4Palimātugen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of...
5Proto-Germanicmētōmeasure; size
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
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