This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry mäßig. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
mäßig, adjective, ‘moderate,’ from Middle High German mœȥec, Old High German mâzîg, adjective, ‘moderate, temperate; of moderate size’; a derivative of Maß, Maße. Compare Dutch matig, ‘moderate.’