Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mems-

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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

Etymology

    Perhaps from *me-ms-, reduplicated form of *mes-.

    Root

    *mems-

    1. flesh, meat

    Derived terms

    • *mems-eh₂
      • Proto-Tocharian: *mʲənsa
        • Tocharian B: (mīsa)
    • *mḗms (< *méms-s) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “membrum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 370-371
    2. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
    3. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
    4. 4.0 4.1 Kobayashi, Masato (2004) Historical Phonology of Old Indo-Aryan Consonants (Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa Monograph Series; 42)‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, →ISBN, page 96
    5. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mēmso-t mē(m)s-ro-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 725