Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/met-

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

Etymology

Part of the same group of roots as *meh₁- (“to measure”), *med- (“to estimate, judge”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Root

*met-

  2. to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow")

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *met- (4 c, 0 e)
  • *met-eti
    • Proto-Celtic: *meteti
    • Proto-Italic: *metō
  • *met-el-
    • Proto-Celtic: *metelā (“reapers (collective)”)
  • *met-l̥-yom (possibly) (with secondary collective suffix *-yom)
    • Ancient Greek: μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry”) (quarries generally require measured cutting)
  • *mot-i-
    • Proto-Italic:
      • Latin: mateola (“wooden hammer or agricultural implement”)
    • Proto-Germanic: *maþilō (“plough”)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • *mot-né-
    • Proto-Germanic: *mattukaz (“ploughshare, mattock”)

References

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