Where does “längdmått” come from?

längdmått (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.

längdmått (Swedish): a measure of length

Definitions

  1. a measure of length

Ancestry of “längdmått”, step by step

längdmått 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 längd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlängdlength; length; duration; length; part of...
2Old Norselengd—
3Proto-Germaniclangiþōlongness, length
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mētō →Every word from Pali mātu →