Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₂-

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See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₁-
See also: 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]

  2. good, great
  3. timely, opportune

Derived terms

Template:PIE root see

  • *méh₂-yos- ~ *méh₂-is- (comparative)
    • Celtic:
      • Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
    • Germanic: (possibly) *maizô (“more”), *maistaz (“most”)
  • *meh₂-i-
    • Anatolian:
      • Hittite: [script needed] (māi-)
  • *meh₂-nos
  • *meh₂-ni-
  • *meh₂-tis
  • *meh₂-tu-rós
  • *meh₂-tu-to-
  • *meh₂-rós
  • *moh₂-rós
    • Hellenic:
      • Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=. (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS.)
  • *n̥-meh₂-u-rós
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: (perhaps) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS. (Suggested to mean weak from not great)[2]

Root

*meh₂-

  2. wet, damp

Derived terms

Template:PIE root see

  • *meh₂-no-
  • *meh₂-ni-
    • Celtic:
      • Brythonic:
      • Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
  • *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)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Nikolaev, Alexander. "ἀμαυρός and Indo-European* meh₂- ‘great’".

Further reading

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