Where does “одмерити” come from?
одмерити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian мерити, from Proto-Slavic měriti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
одмерити (Serbo-Croatian): to weigh; to measure
Definitions
- to weigh; to measure
Ancestry of “одмерити”, step by step
одмерити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian мерити
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | мерити | to measure |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | měriti | to measure |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Serbo-Croatian од
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | од | from, since; of; than |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | otъ | from, away from; originating from, starting from... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éti | beyond; over |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁é | and, then |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |