Where does “метати” come from?

метати (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic metàti, from Proto-Indo-European met- — to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow").

Ancestry of “метати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmetàtito throw
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmet-to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow")

Words derived from “метати”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European met- →Every word from Proto-Slavic metàti →