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Where does “maßstabsgetreu” come from?

maßstabsgetreu (German) comes from German Maßstab, 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.

maßstabsgetreu (German): to scale, true to scale

Definitions

  1. to scale, true to scale

Ancestry of “maßstabsgetreu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMaßstabscale; measure, criterion, yardstick
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
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