Where does “tvångsmatning” come from?

tvångsmatning (Swedish) comes from Swedish tvångsmata, 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.

tvångsmatning (Swedish): force-feeding

Definitions

  1. force-feeding

Ancestry of “tvångsmatning”, step by step

tvångsmatning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish tvångsmata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtvångsmatato force-feed
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 ning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishning—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →