Where does “מעסטן” come from?

מעסטן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German mëȥȥen, from Old High German mëȥȥen, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

מעסטן (Yiddish): measure

Definitions

  1. measure

Ancestry of “מעסטן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmëȥȥen—
2Old High Germanmëȥȥen—
3Proto-Germanic*metan—
4Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “מעסטן”

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