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Where does “међа” come from?

међа (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic meďa, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

међа (Serbo-Croatian): border, boundary; landmark, marker

Definitions

  1. border, boundary; landmark, marker

Ancestry of “међа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmeďaborder, boundary, balk
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with
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