mě̀ra

mě̀ra Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `measure'

Page in Trubačev: XVIII 178-181

Old Church Slavic:

měra `measure' [f ā]

Russian:

méra `measure' [f ā]

Czech:

míra `size, measure, limit' [f ā]

Slovak:

miera `size, measure, limit' [f ā]

Polish:

miara `measure' [f ā]

Upper Sorbian:

měra `measure' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

mjȅra `measure, weight' [f ā];

Čak. mȉra (Vrgada) `measure, 100 liters' [f ā];

Čak. mȅra (Orbanići) `measure, size' [f ā]

Slovene:

mę́ra `measure, size' [f ā]

Indo-European reconstruction: meh₁-r-

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Other cognates:

Gk. μητις `plan, ruse' [f];

OE māēđ `measure' [f]