Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mesg-

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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

Category Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mesg- not found

• *mésg-e-ti (thematic root imperfective)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *máẑǰati
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *máźȷ́ati
      • Sanskrit: मज्जति (májjati)
  • Proto-Italic: *mezgō
    • Latin: mergō
• *mosg-éye-ti (causative)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *maẑǰáyati
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maźȷ́áyati
      • Sanskrit: मज्जयति (majjáyati)
• *mosg-o-
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *masg-, *mask- (denominative)
    • Latvian: mazgāt (“to wash”)
    • Lithuanian: mazgóti (“to wash”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *mosky (“swamp, dampness, moisture”)
      • Old East Slavic: Москꙑ (Mosky); Москъвь (Moskŭvĭ), Московь (Moskovĭ)
        • Russian: Москва́ (Moskvá)
          • → English: Moscow
      • Czech: moskva (“raw bread”)
      • 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