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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₁-

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See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méh₁ and 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

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    Etymology

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      A phonetical variant of *med- through the "Kortlandt effect", which posits that *d becomes *h₁ under certain conditions.[1]

      Root

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      *meh₁-[2][3][4]

      1. to measure

      Derived terms

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      Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (103 c, 0 e)
      • *mi-méh₁-ti ~ *mi-mh₁-énti (reduplicated present)
      • *meh₁-lo- (“measurement, time”)
        • Proto-Germanic: *mēlą (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Italic:
      • *mḗh₁-n̥-s[5] (perhaps)
      • *meh₁-on- ~ *meh₁-en-[6]
        • Proto-Anatolian: *mǣ́(y)an-
          • Hittite: [script needed] (mē(i̯)an-, “‘range (of a year), extent”)
      • *méh₁-ōs (s-stem noun) or *móh₁-s (root noun)[7]
        • >? Proto-Italic: *mōs
          • Latin: mōs (“manner, quality, custom, usage”) (see there for further descendants)
      • *meh₁-reh₂
      • *méh₁-teh₂
        • Proto-Italic: *mētā
          • Latin: mēta (see there for further descendants)
      • *méh₁-ti-s (“measurement”)
      • *mh₁-tro-m
        • Proto-Hellenic:
          • Ancient Greek: μέτρον (métron) (see there for further descendants)
      • *m̥h₁-n̥t-ih₂
        • Proto-Celtic: *mantī (see there for further descendants)
      • *mh₁-t-yé-ti
      • *mō-tó-s[10]
        • Proto-Germanic: *modaz (“mind, sense, zeal, courage, anger”) (see there for further descendants)
      • *moh₁-ro-s
      • *móh₁-yo-s
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
          • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      Unsorted formations
      • Proto-Anatolian:
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
        • Old Lithuanian: mestas (“measure, limit”)
          • Lithuanian: mãtas (“measure, index; size, quantity”), mẽtas (“time, period; measure, size, quantity”)
        • Latvian: mȩts (“time, period”)
        • Old Prussian: mattei (“measure”), mettan (“year”), metthe, mette
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian:

      Further reading

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      References

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      1. ^ Garnier, Romain (2014), “Nouvelles réflexions sur l’effet-Kortlandt”, in Glotta‎[1] (in French), volume 90, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 140-160
      2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*meh₁-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 424
      3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
      4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mētior, -īrī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 377
      5. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mēnsis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
      6. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “mē(i̯)an-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 569–571
      7. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mōs, mōris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 390
      8. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 274–5.
      9. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 246–7.
      10. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*mōđaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
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