Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)meh₂-

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

*(s)meh₂-[1][2]

to beckon, signal

Derived terms

*(s)méh₂-se-ti (se-present)[3]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *māˀsatei (“to wave”)
  - Lithuanian: mosúoti
  - Proto-Slavic: *māxàti (see there for further descendants)

*(s)méh₂-ye-ti (ye-present)[1][4]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *māˀjatei (“to beckon, wave”)
  - Lithuanian: móti
  - Proto-Slavic: *majati (see there for further descendants)

*(s)m(e)h₂-néw-ti (nu-present)[1][4][5]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *manǫti
    - Old Church Slavonic: поманѫти (pomanǫti, “to beckon, wave”)
- Proto-Hellenic: *mānúō
  - Ancient Greek: μηνύω (mēnúō, “to notify, betray, announce”)

*(s)mh₂-t-
- Proto-Celtic: *smatyeti (“to beckon, nod, gesture”) (equivalent to *(s)mh₂t-yé-ti)
  - Proto-Brythonic: *ėnmėtjɨd (+ *an- < Celtic *ande-)
    - Old Breton: enmeitiam
    - Old Welsh:
      - Welsh: emneidio
      - ⇒ Old Welsh: enmeituou pl (“a nod, gesture”)
        Middle Welsh: amnaid, emneid
  - Middle Irish: sméitid
    - Irish: sméid
    - Scottish Gaelic: smèid

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*meh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 425
Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1. mā-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 693
Derksen, Rick (2015), “*māxàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 298-299
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mundō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 375-376
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μηνύω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 946

[LIV-1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*meh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 425

[IEW-2] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1. mā-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 693

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015), “*māxàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 298-299

[EDPG-4] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mundō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 375-376

[5] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μηνύω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 946