Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃meygʰ-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃meyǵʰ-

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

*h₃meygʰ-

1. fog, mist, cloud
2. to drizzle

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃meygʰ- (5 c, 0 e)

• *h₃migʰ-néh₂-ti
  • Proto-Germanic: *miggо̄ną
    • Dutch: miggelen
• *h₃migʰ-leh₂
• *h₃moygʰ-ó-s
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hmaygʰás (see there for further descendants)
• *h₃migʰ-so-m
  • Proto-Germanic: *mihsą
    • Middle Dutch: mes
    • Old English: meox
• *h₃migʰ-s-to-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *mihstaz (see there for further descendants)
• *h₃méygʰ-s ~ *h₃migʰ-és
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hmíčš ~ *Hmiǰʰás (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: miegoti (“to sleep”), Lithuanian: miegas (“sleep”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *měžiti (“to close one's eyes”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Slavic: *migati (“to blink”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Armenian: մէգ (mēg) (or borrowed from an Iranian descendant)