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

Etymology

Possibly from *mey- (“to change”).

Root

*meyḱ- or *meyǵ-

1. to mix

Derived terms

• *méyḱ-t ~ *miḱ-ént (root aorist)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἔμῐκτο (émikto), ἔμειξᾰ (émeixa)
• *miḱ-sḱé-ti (*sḱé- inchoative present)
  • Proto-Celtic: *miskati (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *miskijaną (< *mihsk-) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μίσγω (mísgō, “mix”)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *miśćáti
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *miśćáti
      • Sanskrit: मिच्छति (miccháti, “to agitate”)
        • ⇒ Sanskrit: मिच्छमान (micchámāna, “agitated”, present mediopassive participle)
    • Proto-Iranian: *āmayxš-, *wimayxš- (< *meyǵ-)
      • Middle Persian: (ʾ(ʾ)myxs-, “to be mixed”) (Manichaean), (gwmyxs-, “to be mixed, mingled”) (Manichaean)
      • Parthian: (ʾmyxs-, “to be mixed with”), (wmyxs-, “to be mixed”)
      • Sogdian: (wmxsk)
  • Proto-Italic: *mikskō
    • Latin: misceō (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ *miḱ-sḱ-
    • *miḱ-sḱ-ó/éh₂- (deverbative from the present)
      • Proto-Celtic: *miskos (“mixed, confused”) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Italic:
        • Latin: prōmiscus, prōmiscuus
    • *moyḱ-sḱ-o/eh₂- (o-grade deverbative from the present)
      • Proto-Germanic: *maiskaz (“mixture”), *maiskō (“mixture”), *maiską (“mixture”) (see there for further descendants)
• *moyḱ-éye- (causative)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *máiśīˀtei (see there for further descendants)
• *méyḱ-s- (*s- desiderative)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μείξω (meíxō, “will mix”)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mayćšáyati
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mayṭṣáyati
      • Sanskrit: मेक्षयति (mekṣáyati, “mix”)
• *meyḱ-ye- (innovative *ye- present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: miēši (“dilute, mix, ferment, sweeten”)
• *mi-né-ḱ- (innovative *né- present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: mìšti
• *mi-néw-ḱ- (innovative *new- present)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μείγνῡμῐ (meígnūmi), μῐ́γνῡμῐ (mígnūmi)
      • Greek: μιγνύω (mignýo)
• *méyḱ-tis
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *miśtis
    • Lithuanian: mìšti
  • Proto-Hellenic: *míktis
    • Ancient Greek: μῐ́ξῐς (míxis, “mixing”) (also μῖξῐς (mîxis) and μεῖξῐς (meîxis) by analogy)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *míštiš
    • Proto-Iranian: *míštiš
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬌 (mišti, “confusedly”)
• *miḱ-rós
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *miśras
    • Lithuanian: mìšras (“mixed”)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mićrás (see there for further descendants)

• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mayȷ́-
    • Proto-Iranian: *āmayj-, *Hwimayȷ́-
      • (possibly) Ossetian:
        • Digor Ossetian: ызмис (yzmis, “sand”)
        • Iron Ossetian: ӕзменсӕ (æzmensæ, “sand”)
      • Middle Persian: (ʾmyc- /⁠āmēz-⁠/, “to mix”), (gwmyc- /⁠gumēz-⁠/, “to mix, mingle”), (ʾmyc /⁠āmiz⁠/, “a certain dish containing game meat”, literally “mixture”), (ʾ(ʾ)myz-, “to mix”) (Manichaean) (see there for further descendants)
        • Persian: آمیختن (âmixtan, “to mix”), آمیغ (âmeğ, “mixture”)
      • Parthian: (ʾmyj- /⁠āmēž-⁠/, “to mix”)
      • Proto-Kurdish:
        • Central Kurdish: ئامێژەن (amêjen, “mixing”)

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