Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/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) (20 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-

      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. ^ Nikolaev, Alexander. "ἀμαυρός and Indo-European* meh₂- ‘great’".

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