Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/meh₂ḱ-

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Latin mactos[edit]

Latin mactus is currently claimed by both this root, and by the PIE adjective *meǵh₂- (“great”). Is this an inconsistency, or is *meǵh₂- somehow related to meh₂ḱ-? The page for mactus itself claims that it is derived from *meǵh₂-. --Caoimhin (talk) 18:19, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Caoimhin: Still doubted. But I ask could not Latin magnus simply be from *mh₂ḱnós instead of some weird *m̥ǵh₂nós? These two roots much seem of the ḱ-ǵ kind...and its corruption or misinterpretation must be in that stray h₂. -GuitarDudeness (talk) 12:49, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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