Where does “kratkometni” come from?

kratkometni (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian meta, from Italian meta, from Latin meta, from Proto-Italic mētā, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

kratkometni (Serbo-Croatian): short-range

Definitions

  1. short-range

Ancestry of “kratkometni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmetatarget
2Italianmetadestination; aim, goal, end; try
3Latinmetacone, pyramid; turning point, winning post;...
4Proto-Italicmētā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic mētā →Every word from Latin meta →