Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mḗms

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 *mems- +‎ *-s.

Noun

*mḗms n

1. flesh, meat

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*mḗms
genitive	*mémsos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mḗms	—	—
vocative	*mḗms	—	—
accusative	*mḗms	—	—
genitive	*mémsos	—	—
ablative	*mémsos	—	—
dative	*mémsey	—	—
locative	*méms, *mémsi	—	—
instrumental	*mémsh₁	—	—

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mḗns
  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: mīsa
    • Latvian: mìesa
    • Lithuanian: mėsà
    • Samogitian: męsà
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: menso, mensā
  • Proto-Slavic: *mę̑so (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mā́ms
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mā́ms
    • Vedic Sanskrit: मास् (mā́s), मांस् (mā́ṃs)

Derived terms

• *mēms-eh₂ (or perhaps from collective *mēms-eh₁)
  • Tocharian B: misa
• *mēms-ó-m
  • Proto-Albanian: *meša (< earlier *mēNśa-)
    • Albanian: mish
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: միս (mis)
  • Proto-Germanic: *mimzą (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *māmsám (see there for further descendants)
• *mḗms-ro-m
  • Proto-Celtic: *mīros
    • Old Irish: mír
      • Irish: mír
      • Scottish Gaelic: mìr
  • Proto-Hellenic: *mḗron (possibly)
    • Ancient Greek: μῆρα (mêra), μηρός (mērós)
  • Proto-Italic: *memzrom
    • Latin: membrum (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Russian: мездра (mezdra)