Where does “strömmätare” come from?
strömmätare (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.
strömmätare (Swedish): amperemeter, ammeter
Definitions
- amperemeter, ammeter
Ancestry of “strömmätare”, step by step
strömmätare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish mätare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mätare | meter |
| 2 | Swedish | mäta | to measure |
| 3 | Old Swedish | mata | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | maten | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | metan | to measure; to mete |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | metan | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
via Swedish ström
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ström | current, flow; the part of a fluid that moves... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | strömber | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | straumr | a stream, a current, a race, a river; the tide |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |