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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃meygʰ-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃meyǵʰ-
 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

*h₃meygʰ-

  1. fog, mist, cloud
  2. to drizzle

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃meygʰ-‎ (4 c, 0 e)
  • *h₃migʰ-néh₂-ti
    • Proto-Germanic: *miggо̄ną[1]
      • Dutch: miggelen
  • *h₃migʰ-leh₂
  • *h₃moygʰ-ó-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hmaygʰás (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₃migʰ-so-m
    • Proto-Germanic: *mihsą
      • Middle Dutch: mes
      • Old English: meox
  • *h₃migʰ-s-to-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *mihstaz (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₃méygʰ-s ~ *h₃migʰ-és
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hmíčš ~ *Hmiǰʰás (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: miegoti (“to sleep”), Lithuanian: miegas (“sleep”)
      • Proto-Slavic: *měžiti (“to close one's eyes”) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Slavic: *migati (“to blink”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Armenian: մէգ (mēg) (or borrowed from an Iranian descendant)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “miggо̄n-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369
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