Where does “mäta” come from?

mäta (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish mata, from Middle Low German maten, 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.

mäta (Swedish): to measure

Definitions

to measure

Ancestry of “mäta”, step by step

mäta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish mata

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Swedish	mata	—
2	Middle Low German	maten	—
3	Old Saxon	metan	to measure; to mete
4	Proto-West Germanic	metan	to measure
5	Proto-Germanic	metaną	to measure
6	Proto-Indo-European	mēd-	to measure
7	Proto-Indo-European	med-	to measure; to give advice; healing

via Old Swedish mæta

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Swedish	mæta	to measure; to estimate
2	Old Norse	meta	to estimate, value; to be reckoned as, counted...

Words derived from “mäta”

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