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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měriti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *mě̀ra (measure) + *-iti

Verb

*mě̀riti impf [1][2]

  1. to measure

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мѣрити (měriti)
      • Belarusian: ме́раць (mjéracʹ)
      • Russian: ме́рить (méritʹ)
      • Ukrainian: мі́рити (míryty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Lithuanian: miẽryti
  • Latvian: mẽrît
  • Old Prussian: ermīrit, pomīrit

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mě̀riti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312: “v. (a) ‘measure’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), měriti”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (MP 26)”
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