Where does “regelgemäß” come from?
regelgemäß (German) comes from German gemäß, 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.
regelgemäß (German): legal, lawful, regulatory
Definitions
- legal, lawful, regulatory
Ancestry of “regelgemäß”, step by step
regelgemäß traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German gemäß
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gemäß | corresponding to; matching to; according to, in... |
| 2 | German | messen | to measure; to compete; to measure; to be a given... |
| 3 | Middle High German | mëȥȥen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mëȥȥen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
via German rēgel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | rēgel | rule |
| 2 | Middle High German | regel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | regula | — |
| 4 | Latin | rēgula | rule, bar |
| 5 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |