Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meyk-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meyḱ-
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

*meyk-

  1. to twinkle, blink

Reconstruction notes

De Vaan reconstructs a laryngeal-final root on the basis of Latin micuī, which—according to De Vaan—indicates a pre-form *mikV-, itself perhaps indicative of a root ending in a laryngeal.[1]

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meyk- (4 c, 0 e)
  • Proto-Italic: *mikaō?[1]
  • Proto-Celtic: *mikneti[3]
    • Proto-Brythonic:
      • Middle Breton: dismegans
        • Breton: dismeg
      • Welsh: dirmygu, edmygu, myged
    • Old Irish: do·meiccethar
    • Middle Irish: dimicnigid
  • Proto-Slavic: *mikati
    • Lower Sorbian: mikaś
    • Upper Sorbian: mikać
    • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *mьčьtъ, *mьčьta (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 378-379
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 429
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mik-n-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 271

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