Where does “meta” come from?

meta (Swedish) comes from Proto-Germanic maitaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.

meta (Swedish): to angle for fish

Definitions

  1. to angle for fish

Ancestry of “meta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmaitanąto cut, hew; to cut off, sever
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēi-—

Words derived from “meta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēi- →Every word from Proto-Germanic maitaną →