Where does “pomieść” come from?

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

pomieść (Polish): to hold in contempt, to ill-treat

Definitions

  1. to hold in contempt, to ill-treat

Ancestry of “pomieść”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pomieść”

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