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Where does “wymierzyć” come from?

wymierzyć (Polish) comes from Polish mierzyć, from Proto-Slavic měriti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “wymierzyć”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmierzyćto measure
2Proto-Slavicměritito measure
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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