Where does “Maßstab” come from?

Maßstab (German) comes from German maß, from Middle High German māz, from Old High German māza, from Pali mātu, from Proto-Germanic mētō, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

Maßstab (German): scale; measure, criterion, yardstick

Definitions

  1. scale; measure, criterion, yardstick

Ancestry of “Maßstab”, step by step

Maßstab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via German stab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstabrod, staff, baton
2Middle High Germanstap
3Old High Germanstab
4Proto-Germanic*stab

Words derived from “Maßstab

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-