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Where does “meso” come from?

meso (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic męso, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mēnsā́ˀ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mḗns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗms, from Proto-Indo-European mems-, from Proto-Indo-European me-ms-, from Proto-Indo-European mes-.

meso (Serbo-Croatian): meat

Definitions

  1. meat

Ancestry of “meso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmęsomeat
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmēnsā́ˀ—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmḗnsmeat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗmsflesh, meat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmems-flesh, meat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanme-ms-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmes-—

Words derived from “meso”

  • suho meso
  • suvo meso
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mes- →