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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

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

Words derived from “Maßstab”

  • масштаб
  • maßstabsgerecht
  • Labormaßstab
  • maßstabsgetreu
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