Yiddish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle High German mezzen, from Old High German mezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *metan. Compare German messen. Insertion of ־ט־ (-t-) possibly occurred via /-sn̩-/ → /-sˀn̩-/ → /-sd̥n̩-/ → /-stn̩-/.

Verb

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מעסטן (mestn) (past participle געמאָסטן (gemostn))

  1. measure
  2. survey

Conjugation

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