Where does “behelfsmäßig” come from?

behelfsmäßig (German) comes from German -mäßig, 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.

behelfsmäßig (German): makeshift

Definitions

  1. makeshift

Ancestry of “behelfsmäßig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-mäßig-like; -wise
2Germanmaßfirst/third-person singular preterite of messen
3Middle High Germanmāz—
4Old High Germanmāza—
5Palimātugen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of...
6Proto-Germanicmētōmeasure; size
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mētō →Every word from Pali mātu →
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