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Where does “meriti” come from?

meriti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic měriti, from Proto-Slavic -iti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

meriti (Serbo-Croatian): to measure

Definitions

  1. to measure

Ancestry of “meriti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicměritito measure
2Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “meriti”

  • zameriti
  • izmeriti
  • odmeriti
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