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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]

  1. good, great
  2. timely, opportune

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₂- (good)‎ (11 c, 0 e)
  • *méh₂-yos- ~ *méh₂-is- (comparative)
    • Proto-Celtic: *māyos
      • Welsh: mwy (“more”)
    • Germanic: (possibly) *maizô (“more”), *maistaz (“most”)
  • *meh₂-i-
    • Anatolian:
      • Hittite: [script needed] (māi-)
  • *meh₂-nos
  • *meh₂-ni-
  • *meh₂-tis
  • *meh₂-tu-rós
  • *meh₂-to-rós
  • *meh₂-tu-to-
  • *meh₂-rós
  • *moh₂-rós
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: -μωρος (-mōros, “great”) (ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros), ἰόμωροι (iómōroi), σινάμωρος (sinámōros), ὑλακόμωρος (hulakómōros))
  • *n̥-meh₂-u-rós

Root

*meh₂-

  1. 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. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 303
  3. Nikolaev, Alexander. "ἀμαυρός and Indo-European* meh₂- ‘great’".

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