Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/me

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

Adverb

*me

1. in the middle of, near, by, around, with

Derived terms

• *medʰi- (“with, among”)
  • *médʰyos (“middle”)
• *me-t(e)h₂
  • Proto-Germanic: *midi
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μετά (metá)
• *mé-ǵʰ(s)ri (with root *ǵʰes-)
  • Proto-Albanian: *a/N(e)dri
    • Albanian: ndjerë
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: մերձ (merj)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μέχρι (mékhri)
• *m̥-ǵʰ(s)ri (with root *ǵʰes-)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἄχρι (ákhri)

Descendants

• Albanian: me

See also

• *ḱóm

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 702