Where does “отметать” come from?

отметать (Russian) comes from Russian отмести́, from Russian мести́, from Proto-Slavic męsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ment-, from Proto-Indo-European menth₂- — to whisk, stir.

отметать (Russian): to sweep aside; to brush aside, to reject, to...

Definitions

  1. to sweep aside; to brush aside, to reject, to...

Ancestry of “отметать”, step by step

отметать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian отмести́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianотмести́to sweep aside
2Russianмести́to sweep
3Proto-Slavicmęstito stir; to trouble
4Proto-Balto-Slavicment-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmenth₂-to whisk, stir

via Russian мета́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмета́тьto [[thro; to baste, to tack; to throw, to cast
2Old East Slavicметати—
3Proto-Slavicmetàtito throw
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmet-to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow")
Every word from Proto-Indo-European menth₂- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ment- →Every word from Proto-Slavic męsti →