Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/med-

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

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    Alternative forms

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    Root

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    *med-[2]

    1. to measure
    2. to give advice
    3. healing

    Derived terms

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    • *mḗd-eti ~ *méd-eti (thematic root present)[3][4]
      • Proto-Germanic: *metaną (to measure)[4] (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Germanic: *mētiz (estimable) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *mōtaną (from a secondary perfect *me-mṓd-e)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: μέδω (médō, to protect)
        • Ancient Greek: μέδομαι (médomai, to provide for)
        • Ancient Greek: μήδομαι (mḗdomai, to deliberate, estimate)
    • *med-eh₁-(ye)-ti (stative)[3]
      • Proto-Italic: *medēōr (to heal)[2]
        • Latin: medeor (see there for further descendants)
    • *mēd-yé-ti (o-grade ye-present)[5]
    • *méd-tus[6][2]
    • *med-os ~ *med-es (measure)[7]
      • Proto-Italic: *modos
        • Latin: modus (see there for further descendants)
        • Volscian: medix
    • *mḗd-os ~ *méd-os
    • Unsorted formations:
      • Proto-Albanian: *matśi
      • Proto-Germanic: *metaþs (measure) (see there for further descendants)
      • Indo-Iranian:
        • Iranian:
          • Eastern Iranian:
          • Old Persian: [script needed] (azdā, known)
          • Western Iranian:

    References

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    1. ^ Garnier, Romain (2014) “Nouvelles réflexions sur l’effet-Kortlandt”, in Glotta[1] (in French), volume 90, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 140-160
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “medeor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
    3. 3.0 3.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*med-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 423
    4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*metan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367}
    5. 5.0 5.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “maim”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 507
    6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*med-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 261
    7. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “modus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384