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
Ancestry of “kratkometni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | meta | target |
| 2 | Italian | meta | destination; aim, goal, end; try |
| 3 | Latin | meta | cone, pyramid; turning point, winning post;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | mētā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |