Where does “пулемёт” come from?
пулемёт (Russian) comes from Russian мета́ть, from Old East Slavic метати, from Proto-Slavic metàti, from Proto-Indo-European met-.
пулемёт (Russian): machine gun
Ancestry of “пулемёт”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | мета́ть | to [[thro; to baste, to tack; to throw, to cast |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | метати | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | metàti | to throw |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | met- | — |
Words derived from “пулемёт”