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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)meh₂-

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

*(s)meh₂-[1][2]

  1. to beckon, signal

Derived terms
  • *(s)méh₂-se-ti (se-present)[3]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *māˀsātei (“to wave”)
      • Lithuanian: mosúoti
      • Proto-Slavic: *māxàti (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)méh₂-ye-ti (ye-present)[1][4]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *māˀjatei (“to beckon, wave”)
      • Lithuanian: móti
      • Proto-Slavic: *majati (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)m(e)h₂-néw-ti (nu-present)[1][4][5]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Proto-Slavic: *manǫti
        • Old Church Slavonic: поманѫти (pomanǫti, “to beckon, wave”)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *mānúō
      • Ancient Greek: μηνύω (mēnúō, “to notify, betray, announce”)
  • *(s)mh₂-t-
    • Proto-Celtic: *smatyeti (“to beckon, nod, gesture”) (equivalent to *(s)mh₂t-yé-ti)
      • Proto-Brythonic: *ėnmėtjɨd (+ *an- < Celtic *ande-)
        • Old Breton: enmeitiam
        • Old Welsh:
          • Welsh: emneidio
          • ⇒ Old Welsh: enmeituou pl (“a nod, gesture”)
      • Middle Irish: sméitid
        • Irish: sméid
        • Scottish Gaelic: smèid

References
  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*meh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 425
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1. mā-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 693
  3. Derksen, Rick (2015) “*māxàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 298-299
  4. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mundō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 375-376
  5. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μηνύω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 946
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