Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/me

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

Adverb

*me

in the middle of, near, by, around, with

Derived terms

*me-dʰi-o-
*me-t(e)h₂
- Germanic: *midi
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: μετά (metá)
*mé-ǵʰ(s)ri (with root *ǵʰes-)
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: մերձ (merj)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: μέχρι (mékhri)
*m̥-ǵʰ(s)ri (with root *ǵʰes-)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἄχρι (ákhri)

Descendants

Albanian: me

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 702

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