Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mems-

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

Perhaps from *me-ms-, reduplicated form of a more primitive root *mes-; compare Ancient Greek μηρός (mērós, “thigh”) and maybe Sanskrit मास् (mās) (variant of मांस् (māṃs, “flesh, meat”)).^[1]

Root

*mems-^[2]

flesh, meat

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mems-

*mems-eh₂^[3]^[4]
- Proto-Tocharian: *mʲənsa^[4]
  - Tocharian B: [Term?] (mīsa)
*mḗms^[5] (< *méms-s) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “membrum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 370-371
^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, →ISBN
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Kobayashi, Masato (2004), Historical Phonology of Old Indo-Aryan Consonants (Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa Monograph Series; 42)‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, →ISBN, page 96
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “mēmso-t mē(m)s-ro-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 725

[EDPG-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “membrum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 370-371

[2] Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, →ISBN

[3] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

[Kobayashi-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Kobayashi, Masato (2004), Historical Phonology of Old Indo-Aryan Consonants (Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa Monograph Series; 42)‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, →ISBN, page 96

[5] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “mēmso-t mē(m)s-ro-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 725

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