Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mey-

*mey- [1]

1. to strengthen

• *moy-no-
  • Italic:
    • Latin: moenia, mūniō
• *moy-ro-
  • Italic: *moiros
    • Latin: mūrus

*mey- [2]

1. to bind

• *mi-tró-s
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μίτρα (mítra)
  • Indo-Iranian: *mitrás (see there for further descendants)

*mey- [3]

1. to change, exchange
2. to change places → to go past

• *h₂mey-, if *h₂meygʷ- (“to exchange, to wander”) (compare Ancient Greek ἀμείβω (ameíbō) and Latin migro) belongs here.

• *moy-nos ~ *moy-nes-os
  • Italic: *moinos
    • Latin: mūnus
• *moy-ni-
  • Celtic: *moinis (“treasure, precious object”)
    • Brythonic: *muɨn (“beautiful”)
      • Old Breton: moin (“delicate”)
        • Middle Breton: moen (“thin”)
          • Breton: moan
      • Old Cornish: muin (“gracile”)
      • Old Welsh: muin (“worth, value”)
        • Middle Welsh: mwyn
          • Welsh: mwyn
    • Old Irish: moín (“gift, benefit”)
      • Irish: maoin
      • Scottish Gaelic: maoin
  • Germanic: *mainiz (see there for further descendants)
  • Italic: *moinis
    • Latin: mūnis, mūnia
• *ḱom-moy-ni-
  • Germanic: *gamainiz (see there for further descendants)
  • Italic: *kommoinis
    • Latin: commūnis
• *n̥-moy-ni-
  • Italic: *enmoinis
    • Latin: immūnis
• *m(e)y-t-s
  • Italic:
    • Latin: (trā)mes (with *terh₂-)
• *mi-t-eh₂
  • Italic: *sēmitā
    • Latin: (sē)mita (with *swé)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Italic:
    • ⇒ Latin: meō

*mey- [4][5]

1. small, little

• *meyh₁-[6] See also *smey-, whence Latin mīca, Ancient Greek σμικρός (smikrós)/ μικρός (mikrós), English smicker.

• *mi-néh₁- ~ *mi-nh₁-
  • Indo-Iranian: *mináHti
    • Indo-Aryan: *mináHti
      • Sanskrit: मिनाति (minā́ti, “he damages, diminishes”)
• *mi-néw- ~ *mi-nu-[7]
  • Indo-Iranian: *mináwti
    • Indo-Aryan: *mináwti
      • Sanskrit: मिनोति (minóti)
  • Italic: *minuō
    • Latin: minuō
• *mi-nos- (“smaller, less”, comparative) (with *n from the verb)
  • Italic: *minōs, *minos
    • Latin: minor, minus
• *mi-nu-yos- ~ *mi-nw-is- (“smaller, less”, comparative) (with *n from the verb)
  • Germanic: *minniz, *minnizô (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Anatolian:
    • Hittite: 𒈠𒉌𒅔𒆪𒉿𒀭𒋼𒌍 (maninkuwantes, “short”).
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: menkas (“negligible”)
    • Slavic: *mьňe (“less”), *mьňьjь (“smaller, lesser”)
  • Germanic: *maiwaz (“slim, narrow”)
    • Old Norse: mjór
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μείων (meíōn, “less, smaller”)
    • Ancient Greek: μινύθω (minúthō, “to disappear, to lessen”)
    • Ancient Greek: μόνος (mónos, “alone”)
    • Ancient Greek: μανός (manós, “sparse”)
  • Indo-Iranian: *manā́k
    • Indo-Aryan: *manā́k
      • Sanskrit: मनाक् (manā́k, “a little”)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: minimus (“smallest”)
  • Tocharian: *menke
    • Tocharian A: mank
    • Tocharian B: menki (“lack”)