Where does “mæta” come from?

mæta (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse meta, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

mæta (Old Swedish): to measure; to estimate

Definitions

  1. to measure; to estimate

Ancestry of “mæta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemetato estimate, value; to be reckoned as, counted...
2Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “mæta”

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