Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₂-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₁- and Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)meh₂-
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

*meh₂-[1]

  2. good, great
  3. timely, opportune

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₂- (good) (13 c, 0 e)
  • *meh₂-i-
    • Anatolian:
      • Hittite: [script needed] (māi-)
  • *meh₂-ni-
  • *meh₂-nos
  • *meh₂-rós
    • Proto-Celtic: *māros (see there for further descendants)
  • *moh₂-rós
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: -μωρος (-mōros, “great”) (ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros), ἰόμωροι (iómōroi), σινάμωρος (sinámōros), ὑλακόμωρος (hulakómōros))
  • *meh₂-tis
    • Proto-Celtic: *matis (see there for further descendants)
  • *meh₂-to-rós
    • Proto-Slavic: *matorъ (see there for further descendants)
  • *meh₂-tu-rós
  • *meh₂-tu-to-
  • *méh₂-yōs ~ *méh₂-is- (comparative)
  • *n̥-meh₂-u-rós

Root

*meh₂-

  2. wet, damp

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₂- (wet) (8 c, 0 e)
  • *meh₂-no-
  • *meh₂-ni-
    • Proto-Celtic: *mānis
  • *meh₂-ro-
    • Proto-Germanic: *mōraz (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Nikolaev, Alexander. "ἀμαυρός and Indo-European* meh₂- ‘great’".

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