Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méh₂ḱos

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

    From *meh₂ḱ- +‎ *-os.

    Noun

    *méh₂ḱos n[1]

    1. length

    Declension

    Athematic, acrostatic
    singular
    nominative *méh₂ḱos
    genitive *méh₂ḱesos
    singular dual plural
    nominative *méh₂ḱos *méh₂ḱesih₁ *méh₂ḱōs
    vocative *méh₂ḱos *méh₂ḱesih₁ *méh₂ḱōs
    accusative *méh₂ḱos *méh₂ḱesih₁ *méh₂ḱōs
    genitive *méh₂ḱesos *? *méh₂ḱesoHom
    ablative *méh₂ḱesos *? *méh₂ḱesmos, *méh₂ḱesbʰos
    dative *méh₂ḱesey *? *méh₂ḱesmos, *méh₂ḱesbʰos
    locative *méh₂ḱes, *méh₂ḱesi *? *méh₂ḱesu
    instrumental *méh₂ḱesh₁ *? *méh₂ḱesmis, *méh₂ḱesbʰis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Hellenic: *mā́kos
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
      • Proto-Iranian:
        • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬵 (masah)
    • Proto-Italic:

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μῆκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 942
    2. ^ Pronk, Tijmen (2019), “Proto-Indo-European *a”, in Indo-European Linguistics, volume 7, page 126 of 122–163
    3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*mhₐkrós”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 574

    Further reading

    • Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*máh₂k̑-es-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 478
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