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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *mi̯úsu
Meaning: to bind, strand
Russian meaning: связывать, скручивать
Comments: Martin 227. ? Cf. Man. maselaqu 'loops, trap' (ТМС 1, 533). altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *musgi-
Meaning: to twist, strand (rope)
Russian meaning: скручивать (веревку)
Written Mongolian: musgi- (L 552: muski-, muški-) Khalkha: mušgi-
Buriat: mušxa-
Kalmuck: moškl-, muškl-
Ordos: mušχi- 'крутить ( о желудке), выкручивать, извиваться ( о змее)'
Dongxian: mušɨɣǝi-
Baoan: mǝśGǝ-
Dagur: morki-
Monguor: mušgi- (SM 252), muśgǝ- Comments: KW 265, 269, MGCD 495. Mong. > Evk. motki-, see Doerfer MT 127. Cf. also WMong. mösün 'strand of rope' (L 550). monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-dun,monget-bao,monget-dag,monget-mgr,monget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *mɨsk-
Meaning: to bind
Russian meaning: связывать
Modern Korean: muk- [muk:-]
Middle Korean: mɨsk-, mɨs-
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *músú(m)p-
Meaning: to bind
Russian meaning: связывать
Old Japanese: musub-
Middle Japanese: músúb-
Tokyo: mùsub-
Kyoto: músúb-
Kagoshima: mùsùb-
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *musu(kV) ( ~ -š-, -c`-)
Meaning: knot, tie
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *mezgʷ-
Meaning: to knot, to make a loop
Tokharian: A masäk, B meske (PT *meske) 'joint, portion' (Adams 470)
Russ. meaning: завязывать узел, делать петлю
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *mezg- (*mezg-a-, -ja-) vb. tr., *mazg-ī̂- vb. *mazg-a- c.
Meaning: knot, make a loop
Lithuanian: mègzti (mẽzga, mẽzgē) `knoten, knüpfen, stricken', intens. mazgī́ti; dial. mãzga-s `Knoten, zugezogene Schlinge'
Lettish: megzt (megžu, megzu) tr. 'stricken'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *mēskō, *maskō, *maskwēn, *maskunō, etc.
Meaning: loop
Old Norse: mɔskvi m., mɔskun f. `Masche'
Norwegian: moske
Swedish: maska
Danish: maske
Old English: max; mǟscre
English: mesh
Old Saxon: maska f. `maas, net'
Middle Dutch: maessce, Kil. masche, maesche
Dutch: maas
Middle Low German: masche
Low German: westf. māskǝ
Old High German: { māsca }, masca (9.Jh.) `maas, strik'
Middle High German: masche wk. f. 'masche, schlinge'
German: Masche f.
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1317
Root: mezg-2
English meaning: to bind, attach
German meaning: `stricken, knüpfen'
Derivatives: mozgo- `Knoten'
Material: Ahd. as. mā̆sca, ags. max, mǣscr `Masche', aisl. mǫskvi ds.; lit. mezgù, mḕgsti `knüpfen, stricken', mãzgas, lett. mazgs `Knoten', lit. mazgýti Iter. `stricken', makstýti `flechten', lett. mežǵêt, mižǵêt `verrenken', mežǵît `ranken' (russ. mázgarь `Spinne'? s. Berneker II 28).
References: WP. II 301, Trautmann 172.
Pages: 746
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