Where does “toplomer” come from?

toplomer (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.

toplomer (Serbo-Croatian): thermometer

Definitions

  1. thermometer

Ancestry of “toplomer”, step by step

toplomer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian meriti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmeritito measure
2Proto-Slavicměritito measure
3Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Serbo-Croatian mera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianmerameasure; dimension, size; rate
2Proto-Slavicměrameasure
3Proto-Balto-Slavicmḗˀrāˀ
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-reh₂
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Serbo-Croatian tȍpao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiantȍpaowarm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Slavic -iti