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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meyth₂-

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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

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Etymology

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    Possibly derived from *mey-, also reconstructed as *h₂mey-.

    Root

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    *meyth₂-[1]

    1. to change
    2. to exchange
    3. to remove, send

    Alternative reconstructions

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    Reconstruction notes

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    • There is some confusion with *(h₂)mey- (to change, exchange). Whether they are truly two unrelated roots is debated. See de Vaan (2008:399) for some discussion. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
    • The sense to send away, remove may have developed out of to give in exchange.[1]

    Derived terms

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    Unsorted formations
    • Balto-Slavic:
    • Indo-Iranian:
      • Indo-Aryan:
        • Sanskrit: मिथति (mitháti, to alternate)
        • Sanskrit: मिथुन (mithuná, paired, copulate)
        • Sanskrit: मिथु (míthu, míthū, alternately; inversely; perversely; falsely)
        • Sanskrit: मिथ्या (mithyā́, mithuyā́, mithūyā́, alternately; inversely; perversely; falsely)
    • Proto-Slavic: *mitě[6]

    Notes

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    1. ^ Or innovative in Sanskrit.[1]
    2. ^ Possibly borrowed from an Italic language.[3]
    3. 3.0 3.1 Or from *h₂moy-to-.[4]

    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*mei̯th₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 430
    2. 2.0 2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mittō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 383-4
    3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μοῖτος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 961
    4. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 398-9
    5. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mьstь; *mьsta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343
    6. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318