"met-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

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Root

Etymology: Part of the same group of roots as *meh₁- (“to measure”), *med- (“to estimate, judge”), possibly also *meh₂- (“to grow, mature”), *medʰi- (“middle, between”), *meǵ-h₂- (“great, big”), all with a sense of "measurement, estimation > size, distance, amount".
  1. to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow") Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
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      "templates": [],
      "text": "*met-eti"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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    },
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *metō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "metō"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: metō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: metō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*met-el-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*metelā",
            "t": "reapers (collective)"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *metelā (“reapers (collective)”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *metelā (“reapers (collective)”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*medel"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Brythonic: *medel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mga",
            "2": "methel"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Irish: methel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Irish: methel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "meitheal"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: meitheal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: meitheal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*met-l̥-yom (possibly) (with secondary collective suffix *-yom)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "μέταλλον",
            "t": "mine, quarry"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry”) (quarries generally require measured cutting)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*mot-i-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "mateola",
            "t": "wooden hammer or agricultural implement"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: mateola (“wooden hammer or agricultural implement”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: mateola (“wooden hammer or agricultural implement”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*maþilō",
            "t": "plough"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *maþilō (“plough”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *maþilō (“plough”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sla-pro",
            "2": "*motỳka",
            "t": "hoe"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *motỳka (“hoe”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Slavic: *motỳka (“hoe”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*mot-né-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*mattukaz",
            "t": "ploughshare, mattock"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *mattukaz (“ploughshare, mattock”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *mattukaz (“ploughshare, mattock”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Part of the same group of roots as *meh₁- (“to measure”), *med- (“to estimate, judge”), possibly also *meh₂- (“to grow, mature”), *medʰi- (“middle, between”), *meǵ-h₂- (“great, big”), all with a sense of \"measurement, estimation > size, distance, amount\".",
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  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/met-",
  "pos": "root",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Proto-Indo-European ReC-shape roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: \"to cut down\" > \"to mow\"; \"to cut into\" > \"plow\")"
      ],
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        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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        "morpheme",
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  ],
  "word": "met-"
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    },
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      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *meteti"
    },
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *metō"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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            "1": "la",
            "2": "metō"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: metō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*met-el-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*metelā",
            "t": "reapers (collective)"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *metelā (“reapers (collective)”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*medel"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic: *medel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Brythonic: *medel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mga",
            "2": "methel"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Irish: methel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "meitheal"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: meitheal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*met-l̥-yom (possibly) (with secondary collective suffix *-yom)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "μέταλλον",
            "t": "mine, quarry"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry”) (quarries generally require measured cutting)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*mot-i-"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "mateola",
            "t": "wooden hammer or agricultural implement"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: mateola (“wooden hammer or agricultural implement”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: mateola (“wooden hammer or agricultural implement”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*maþilō",
            "t": "plough"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *maþilō (“plough”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *maþilō (“plough”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sla-pro",
            "2": "*motỳka",
            "t": "hoe"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *motỳka (“hoe”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Slavic: *motỳka (“hoe”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*mot-né-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*mattukaz",
            "t": "ploughshare, mattock"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *mattukaz (“ploughshare, mattock”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *mattukaz (“ploughshare, mattock”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Part of the same group of roots as *meh₁- (“to measure”), *med- (“to estimate, judge”), possibly also *meh₂- (“to grow, mature”), *medʰi- (“middle, between”), *meǵ-h₂- (“great, big”), all with a sense of \"measurement, estimation > size, distance, amount\".",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/met-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Proto-Indo-European ReC-shape roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: \"to cut down\" > \"to mow\"; \"to cut into\" > \"plow\")"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "ine-pro:cut"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "met-"
}

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