Where does “Streuungsmaß” come from?

Streuungsmaß (German) comes from German Streuung, from German streuen, from Middle High German ströuwen, from Old High German strewen, from Proto-Germanic strawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European strowéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- — sterile, infertile.

Streuungsmaß (German): statistical dispersion

Definitions

  1. statistical dispersion

Ancestry of “Streuungsmaß”, step by step

Streuungsmaß traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Streuung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStreuungscattering
2Germanstreuento strew, to scatter, to sprinkle; to spread
3Middle High Germanströuwen
4Old High Germanstrewen
5Proto-Germanicstrawjanąto strew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstrowéyetito strew, to disperse; to spawn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
8Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-
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