Where does “смета́ть” come from?
смета́ть (Russian) comes from Russian мета́ть, from Old East Slavic метати, from Proto-Slavic metàti, from Proto-Indo-European met- — to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow").
смета́ть (Russian): to baste; to stack
Definitions
- to baste; to stack
Ancestry of “смета́ть”, step by step
смета́ть traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian мета́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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- | to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow") |
via Russian смести́
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | смести́ | to brush off, to sweep off, to wipe off |