Where does “mesti” come from?

mesti (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic met-, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mesti (Lithuanian): to throw; to drop; to give up

Definitions

  1. to throw; to drop; to give up

Ancestry of “mesti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicmet-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mesti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic met- →
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