Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *-med

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: the most, the eldest

Russian meaning: самый, старший

Written Mongolian: -mad, -med (МХТТТ)

Middle Mongolian: döji-med (SH) 'the eldest of younger sisters'

Khalkha: -mad, -med

Comments: Occurs in some compounds: aqa-mad 'the eldest (brother)', egeči-med 'elder (woman)', jeke-med 'the elder ones' etc.

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *mét`ò

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: most

Russian meaning: самый

Mongolian: *-med

Korean: *mằt

Japanese: *mǝ́tǝ̀-mǝ̀

Comments: SKE 142, EAS 79, Martin 247. Cf. also similar forms (maybe specialized usages of the same root): MKor. mātā̆i / mátắi 'top', Jpn. maT- 'emphatic prefix'; Evk. mātālīkān 'up to the top', moton 'even'.

Korean etymology :

Proto-Korean: *mằt

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: the eldest

Russian meaning: старший

Modern Korean: mat

Middle Korean: mằt

Comments: Nam 199, KED 578.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *mǝ́tǝ̀-mǝ̀

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: the most

Russian meaning: самый

Old Japanese: m(w)ot(w)om(w)o

Middle Japanese: mótòmò

Tokyo: móttomo

Kyoto: móttómó

Kagoshima: mottómo

Comments: Accent correspondences are rather uncertain; but the evidence is for the most part in favour of high tone on the first syllable.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *mVṭV

Meaning: most, enough

Altaic: *mét`ò

Kartvelian: *maṭ-

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *maṭ-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: быть достаточным

English meaning: to be enough

Georgian: maṭ-; meṭ-i 'more'

Svan: mṭ-

Svan meaning (Rus.): добавлять

Svan meaning (Eng.): to add

Notes and references: EWK 231. Ср. алт. *miat`V 'самый, больше всего'.

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