Where does “izmeriti” come from?
izmeriti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian meriti, from Proto-Slavic měriti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
izmeriti (Serbo-Croatian): to measure; to gauge
Ancestry of “izmeriti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | meriti | 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 |