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Where does “míra” come from?

míra (Czech) comes from Old Czech miera, from Proto-Slavic mě̀ra, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

míra (Czech): measure

Definitions

  1. measure

Ancestry of “míra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechmiera—
2Proto-Slavicmě̀rameasure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “míra”

  • časomíra
  • nerovnoměrný
  • rovnoměrný
  • rovnoměrnost
  • nadměrný
  • nerovnoměrnost
  • poloměr
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