Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meyk-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meyḱ-

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

*meyk-

1. to twinkle, blink

Descendants

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meyk- (4 c, 0 e)

• Proto-Celtic: *mikneti
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: dismegans
      • Breton: dismeg
    • Welsh: dirmygu, edmygu, myged
  • Old Irish: do·meiccethar
  • Middle Irish: dimicnigid
• Latin: micō
• Proto-Slavic: *mikati
  • Lower Sorbian: mikaś
  • Upper Sorbian: mikać
  • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *mьčьtъ, *mьčьta (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mik-n-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 271