Where does “mieść” come from?

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

mieść (Polish): to sweep

Definitions

  1. to sweep

Ancestry of “mieść”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmestito throw; to sweep
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmet-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mieść”

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