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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

Root

*med-[1]

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

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *med-‎ (21 c, 0 e)
  • *mḗd-eti ~ *méd-eti (thematic root present)[2][3]
    • Proto-Germanic: *metaną (“to measure”)[3] (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)[2]
    • Proto-Italic: *medēōr (“to heal”)[4]
      • Latin: medeor (see there for further descendants)
  • *mēd-yé-ti (o-grade ye-present)[5]
  • *méd-tus[6][4]
  • *mḗd-os ~ *méd-os[4]
    • Proto-Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: միտ (mit, “mind, intellect”)
    • Proto-Germanic: *mētō (“measure, size”)[3] (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *mḗdeha
  • *mod-ós[4]
    • Proto-Italic: *modos
      • Latin: modus (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian: *matśi
    • Proto-Germanic: *metaþs (“measure”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Indo-Iranian:
      • Iranian:
        • Eastern Iranian:
          • Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬨𐬀𐬛 (vīmad, “physician”)
        • Old Persian: [script needed] (azdā, “known”)
        • Western Iranian:
          • Northern Kurdish: pîvan

See also

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. 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
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*metan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367}
  4. 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
  5. 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. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*med-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 261
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