Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meytH-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

Possibly derived from *mey-.

Root

*meytH-

to exchange

Derived terms

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*méytH-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Indo-Iranian: *máytʰati
  - Indo-Aryan: *máytʰati
    - Sanskrit: मेथति (méthati, “to become hostile, quarrel”)
*moytH-éye-ti (causative)
- Germanic: *maidijaną
*mitH-tó-s
- Germanic: *missa- (see there for further descendants)
  - ⇒ Germanic: *missijaną (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Indo-Iranian: *máytʰas
  - Indo-Aryan: *máytʰás
    - Sanskrit: मिथस् (mithás, “opposite, in opposition”)
  - Iranian: *máytʰáh
    - Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁‎ (maēθā, “deviating, changeable”), 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬋‎ (miθō, “wrongly,falsely”) , 𐬁𐬨𐬋𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬁‎ (āmōiiastrā, “changes of events”)
    - Iranian: *máytʰah-wā́čah, *máytʰah-ūxtáh
      - Avestan: 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬵‎ (miθahuuacah, “speaking falsely”), 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬏𐬑𐬙𐬀‎ (miθūxta, “false words”)
        → Middle Persian: [script needed] (mēhūxt, “Mihuxt, false speaking demon”)
        Persian: میهوخت‎ (mīhūxt, “Mihuxt demon in Zoroastrian mythology”)