Where does “versmått” come from?
versmått (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.
versmått (Swedish): meter
Definitions
- meter
Ancestry of “versmått”, step by step
versmått traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish mått
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mått | a measure; a measure, an action |
| 2 | Old Swedish | mat | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | mât | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | māt | — |
| 5 | Pali | mātu | gen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mētō | measure; size |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
via Swedish vers
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vers | verse, poetry, rhyme; a poem; a verse |
| 2 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 3 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |