"métas" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Proto-Balto-Slavic]

Etymology: Commonly proposed etymologies: * From Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to measure”), originally meaning “measure of time”. Akin to Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “unit of measure, metre”), Proto-Iranian *mā́θyah (“day”) and further related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́tiš (“measure”), Old English mǣþ (“measure”), Albanian mot (“weather, era”), Proto-Slavic *měta (“mark, label”). Often compared with synonymous roots *meh₁-, *med-, perhaps all extensions of the instrumental/locative particle *me (“amids, with, by”). * From Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, to jolt, to sweep”), originally meaning “harvest, season”. Akin to Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”), Latin messis (“harvest, season”), Proto-Germanic *mēþwō (“meadow”). Derksen favours the first option, while Szemerényi - the second. Etymology templates: {{der|ine-bsl-pro|ine-pro|*met-||to measure}} Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to measure”), {{cog|grc|μέτρον||unit of measure, metre}} Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “unit of measure, metre”), {{cog|ira-pro|*mā́θyah||day}} Proto-Iranian *mā́θyah (“day”), {{cog|iir-pro|*mā́tiš||measure}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́tiš (“measure”), {{cog|ang|mǣþ||measure}} Old English mǣþ (“measure”), {{cog|sq|mot||weather, era}} Albanian mot (“weather, era”), {{cog|sla-pro|*měta||mark, label}} Proto-Slavic *měta (“mark, label”), {{der|ine-bsl-pro|ine-pro|*h₂met-||to mow, to jolt, to sweep}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, to jolt, to sweep”), {{cog|grc|ἄμητος||harvest}} Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”), {{cog|la|messis||harvest, season}} Latin messis (“harvest, season”), {{cog|gem-pro|*mēþwō||meadow}} Proto-Germanic *mēþwō (“meadow”) Head templates: {{head|ine-bsl-pro|noun|cat2=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} *métas n, {{tlb|ine-bsl-pro|Baltic}} (Baltic)
  1. time, period Tags: neuter, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-métas-ine-bsl-pro-noun-P94s24os Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Balto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Balto-Slavic nominals with fixed accent Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39 Disambiguation of Proto-Balto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Proto-Balto-Slavic nominals with fixed accent: 86 14
  2. (by extension) year Tags: broadly, neuter, reconstruction Synonyms: *gadás
    Sense id: en-métas-ine-bsl-pro-noun-TLTqJVg8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (*mátas (“measure, aim”) (possibly)): matī́ˀtei, matrī́ˀtei (english: to look at, to watch) [possibly]
Disambiguation of '*mátas (“measure, aim”) (possibly)': 0 0
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