Where does “Messinstrument” come from?

Messinstrument (German) comes from German messen, from Middle High German mëȥȥen, from Old High German mëȥȥen, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

Messinstrument (German): measuring instrument, measuring device, measuring tool

Definitions

  1. measuring instrument, measuring device, measuring tool

Ancestry of “Messinstrument”, step by step

Messinstrument traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German messen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmessento measure; to compete; to measure; to be a given...
2Middle High Germanmëȥȥen—
3Old High Germanmëȥȥen—
4Proto-Germanic*metan—
5Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via German Instrument

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanInstrumentinstrument
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