Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂meh₁-

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

*h₂meh₁-[1][2][3][4]

to mow, reap

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂meh₁-

*h₂méh₁-e-ti (thematic root present)[3]
- Proto-Germanic: *mēaną (“to mow”) (see there for further descendants)
*h₂meh₁-sh₂o-[5]
- Proto-Anatolian:
  - Hittite: [script needed] (ḫa-meš-ḫa- /ḫamešḫa-/, “spring”)
*h₂meh₁-tom[6]
- Proto-Germanic: *mēþą (“mowing”) (see there for further descendants)
*h₂meh₁-tweh₂[6]
- Proto-Germanic: *mēdwō (see there for further descendants)
*h₂mh₁-eh₂[5]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - >? Ancient Greek: ἄμη (ámē) (see there for further descendants)
  - Mycenaean Greek: 𐀀𐀔 (a-ma)
*h₂mh₁-eh₂-tos[3]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”)
*h₂mh₁-eh₂-ye-ti[3]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἀμάω (amáō, “to cut, reap, mow”)
*h₂mh̥₁-tweh₂[6]
- Proto-Germanic: *madwō
*h₂ómh₁-s-ey ~ h₂mh₁-s-énti[2]
- Proto-Anatolian: *ʔā́nsi (< *h₂ómh₁-s-ey)
  - Hittite: [script needed] (a-an-ši /ānši/), [script needed] (a-an-ša-an-zi /ānšanzi/, “to wipe”)
- Proto-Anatolian: *HnɨSántˢi (< *h₂mh₁-s-énti)
  - Hittite: [script needed] (ḫa-ni-iš-zi /ḫaniššzi/), [script needed] (ḫa-ni-iš-ša-an-zi /ḫaniššanzi/, “to wipe”)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀμάω 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 84
Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ḫane-/išš-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285-286
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mēan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂meh₁-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 279
Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ḫamešḫa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279-280
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mēþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀμάω 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 84

[Kloekhorst_1-2] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ḫane-/išš-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285-286

[Kroonen_1-3] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mēan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360

[Rix_1-4] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂meh₁-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 279

[Kloekhorst_2-5] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ḫamešḫa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279-280

[Kroonen_2-6] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mēþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367