Proto-Germanic: *mitan-, *mitōn- vb.
Meaning: think about, consider
Gothic: mitōn wk. `plan, think about; reason, ponder; argue, debate; think, be concerned for''
Old English: metian `weigh, consider'
Old Frisian: mētigia vb.
Old High German: { meʒ(ʒ)ōn wk. `moderate, mitigate' }
Middle High German: mëʒʒen st. 'erwägen, überdenken, prüfen'
Comments: Difficult to distinguish from 'messen'.
