Where does “āmetan” come from?
āmetan (Old English) comes from Old English mētan, from Proto-West Germanic mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
āmetan (Old English): to measure
Definitions
- to measure
Ancestry of “āmetan”, step by step
āmetan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English mētan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | mētan | to meet, find, find out, fall in with, encounter,... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | mōtijan | to meet |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | mōtijaną | to meet, encounter |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mōtą | meeting |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |
via Old English ā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | ā | always, ever; ever, always; always", "ever |