Where does “mäten” come from?

mäten (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German meten, from Old Saxon metan, from Proto-West Germanic metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

mäten (Plautdietsch): to measure

Definitions

  1. to measure

Ancestry of “mäten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmeten—
2Old Saxonmetanto measure; to mete
3Proto-West Germanicmetanto measure
4Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “mäten”

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