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Where does “miotła” come from?

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

miotła (Polish): broom; third-person singular feminine past of...

Definitions

  1. broom; third-person singular feminine past of...

Ancestry of “miotła”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmetъlabroom, besom; grass plant used for making brooms
2Proto-Slavicmestito throw; to sweep
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmet-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
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