Where does “mëȥȥen” come from?

mëȥȥen (Old High German) 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.

Ancestry of “mëȥȥen”, 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 “mëȥȥen”

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