Where does “mätarlarv” come from?

mätarlarv (Swedish) comes from Swedish mätare, from Swedish mäta, 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- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

mätarlarv (Swedish): a geometer moth (Geometridae) larva

Definitions

  1. a geometer moth (Geometridae) larva

Ancestry of “mätarlarv”, step by step

mätarlarv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mätare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmätaremeter
2Swedishmätato measure
3Old Swedishmata—
4Middle Low Germanmaten—
5Old Saxonmetanto measure; to mete
6Proto-West Germanicmetanto measure
7Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Swedish larv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlarvlarva
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →