The Proto-Indo-European word *méh₁tis
Word *méh₁tis
Meaning measure
See also Proto-Indo-European: *meh₁(i)- ‘grow’
Synonyms *deik̂-

Comments
Mallory J.P. and Adams D. (2006)

Other words that might be of interest
*ĝhengh- ‘step, walk’