Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mesg-

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

    *mesg- (imperfective)[1][2][3]

    1. to dip, sink

    Derived terms

    • *mésg-e-ti (thematic root imperfective)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *máẑǰati
      • Proto-Italic: *mezgō
    • *mosg-éye-ti (causative)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *maẑǰáyati
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maźȷ́áyati
          • Sanskrit: मज्जयति (majjáyati)
    • *mosg-o-
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *masg-, *mask- (denominative)
        • East Baltic:
        • Proto-Slavic: *mosky (“swamp, dampness, moisture”)
          • Old East Slavic: *Москꙑ (*Mosky, “Moscow”) (see there for further descendants)
          • Slovak: mozga (“puddle”)
          • Polish: mazgać; Mozgawa

    References

    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mezg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 745-746
    2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*mesg-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 441
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mazgoti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308
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