Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

  1. measure
  2. survey

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit