Where does “mǣþ” come from?

mǣþ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic mēþą, from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- — to mow, reap.

mǣþ (Old English): measure, degree, proportion; measure, degree; a...

Definitions

  1. measure, degree, proportion; measure, degree; a...

Ancestry of “mǣþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmēþąa mowing
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap

Words derived from “mǣþ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēþą →