Where does “мета́ти” come from?

мета́ти (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic метати, from Proto-Slavic metàti, from Proto-Indo-European met- — to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow").

мета́ти (Ukrainian): to throw, to cast, to lob, to fling

Definitions

  1. to throw, to cast, to lob, to fling

Ancestry of “мета́ти”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicметати—
2Proto-Slavicmetàtito throw
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmet-to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow")

Words derived from “мета́ти”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European met- →Every word from Proto-Slavic metàti →Every word from Old East Slavic метати →