Where does “metan” come from?

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

metan (Old Dutch): to measure

Definitions

  1. to measure

Ancestry of “metan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “metan”

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