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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
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