Where does “mēten” come from?

mēten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch metan, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

mēten (Middle Dutch): to measure

Definitions

  1. to measure

Ancestry of “mēten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmetanto measure
2Proto-Germanic*metan—
3Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “mēten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →
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