Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃meygʰ-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃meyǵʰ-
This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Indo-European

    Root

    *h₃meygʰ-

    1. fog, mist, cloud
    2. to drizzle

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃meygʰ- (5 c, 0 e)
    • *h₃migʰ-néh₂-ti
      • Proto-Germanic: *miggо̄ną (and/or from *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to drizzle > to urinate”))[1]
        • Dutch: miggelen
    • *h₃migʰ-leh₂
    • *h₃moygʰ-ó-s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hmaygʰás (see there for further descendants)
    • *h₃migʰ-so-m
      • Proto-Germanic: *mihsą
        • >? Proto-West Germanic: *mihs (“dung”) (see there for further descendants)
    • *h₃migʰ-s-to-s
      • Proto-Germanic: *mihstaz (see there for further descendants)
    • *h₃méygʰ-s ~ *h₃migʰ-és
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hmíčš ~ *Hmiǰʰás (see there for further descendants)
    • Unsorted formations:
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:[2]
        • Lithuanian: miegoti (“to sleep”), Lithuanian: miegas (“sleep”)
        • Proto-Slavic: *měžiti (“to close one's eyes”) (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Slavic: *migati (“to blink”) (see there for further descendants)
      • Old Armenian: մէգ (mēg) (or borrowed from an Iranian descendant)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “miggо̄n-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
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