Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₂-
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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
[edit]Root
[edit]*meh₂-[1]
Derived terms
[edit]- *meh₂-i-
- Anatolian:
- Hittite: [script needed] (māi-)
- Anatolian:
- *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))
- Hellenic:
- *meh₂-tis
- Proto-Celtic: *matis (see there for further descendants)
- *meh₂-to-rós
- Proto-Slavic: *matorъ (see there for further descendants)
- *meh₂-tu-rós
- Italic:
- Latin: mātūrus
- Italic:
- *meh₂-tu-to-
- *méh₂-yōs ~ *méh₂-is- (comparative)
- *n̥-meh₂-u-rós
Root
[edit]*meh₂-
Derived terms
[edit]- *meh₂-no-
- Italic:
- Latin: mānō
- Italic:
- *meh₂-ni-
- *meh₂-ro-
- Proto-Germanic: *mōraz (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Nikolaev, Alexander. "ἀμαυρός and Indo-European* meh₂- ‘great’".
Further reading
[edit]- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 699 of 699, 700