Where does “miecić” come from?

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

miecić (Polish): to aim at

Definitions

  1. to aim at

Ancestry of “miecić”, step by step

miecić traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish mieść

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmieśćto sweep
2Proto-Slavicmestito throw; to sweep
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmet-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Proto-Slavic mĕtiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmĕtitito measure
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmḗˀdīˀtei—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-éye-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic met- →Every word from Proto-Slavic mesti →