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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mákš

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Indo-European *mék-s ~ *m̥k-és, from Proto-Indo-European *mek-, possibly of substrate origin. Perhaps cognate with Lithuanian mãkatas (“midge”), if not itself borrowed from Iranian.

Noun

*mákš ~ *makás f

  1. midge, fly, bee

Derived terms
  • *makáćas
  • *makátas
    • *makátah[1][2]
      • Khwarezmian: 𐾽𐾻𐾴‎ (mkd, “bee”)
    • →? Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
  • *mákšiH

Descendants
  • → Finno-Ugric: *mekše (“bee”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Benzing, Johannes (1983), “mkd”, in Chwaresmischer Wortindex, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 405
  2. Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “maks”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN
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