Where does “відміряти” come from?
відміряти (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian відмі́рити, from Ukrainian від-, from Ukrainian сканувати, from English scan, from Middle English scannen, from Middle English scanden, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō — to jump up, ascend.
відміряти (Ukrainian): to measure out
Definitions
- to measure out
Ancestry of “відміряти”, step by step
відміряти traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian відмі́рити
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | відмі́рити | — |
| 2 | Ukrainian | від- | dis-, away; indicates physical or abstract movement apart, detachment, or removal from a point of origin or connection. Often forms perfective verbs |
| 3 | Ukrainian | сканувати | to scan |
| 4 | English | scan | To examine sequentially, carefully, or... |
| 5 | Middle English | scannen | to mark off verse to show metrical structure |
| 6 | Middle English | scanden | Alternative form of schonden |
| 7 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via Ukrainian мі́ряти
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | мі́ряти | to measure |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | měriti | to measure |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |