Where does “пулемётный” come from?
пулемётный (Russian) comes from Russian пулемёт, from Russian мета́ть, from Old East Slavic метати, from Proto-Slavic metàti, from Proto-Indo-European met-.
пулемётный (Russian): machine gun
Ancestry of “пулемётный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | пулемёт | machine gun |
| 2 | Russian | мета́ть | to [[thro; to baste, to tack; to throw, to cast |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | метати | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | metàti | to throw |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | met- | — |