Where does “kryddmått” come from?

kryddmått (Swedish) comes from Swedish mått, from Old Swedish mat, from Middle Low German mât, from Old Saxon māt, from Pali mātu, from Proto-Germanic mētō, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

kryddmått (Swedish): A pinch; equivalent to 1 millilitre = a fifth of a teaspoon (Swedish: tesked)

Definitions

  1. A pinch; equivalent to 1 millilitre = a fifth of a teaspoon (Swedish: tesked)

Ancestry of “kryddmått”, step by step

kryddmått traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mått

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmåtta measure; a measure, an action
2Old Swedishmat—
3Middle Low Germanmât—
4Old Saxonmāt—
5Palimātugen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of...
6Proto-Germanicmētōmeasure; size
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Swedish krydda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkryddaa spice or herb; to spice; to salt
2GermanKrautherb; useful plant; plant whose above-ground...
3Middle High Germankrūt—
4Old High Germankrūt—
5Proto-West Germanic*krūdherb, plant
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