Indo-European etymology : List with all references

Proto-IE: *met-

Meaning: to mow

Latin: metō, -ere, messuī, messum `mähen, ernten'; messis `Ernte, Erntezeit'

Celtic: *met- > OIr meithleōrai `messores', MIr meithel `a party of reapers'; demess `Scheere'; OCymr medel `a party of reapers', antarmetetic `semiputata', Corn midil `messor', Bret medi `ernten'

Russ. meaning: косить, жать

References: WP II 259

Number: 1231

Root: mē-2, m-e-t-

English meaning: to reap

German meaning: `mähen'

Material: Lat. metō, -ere, messum `mähen, ernten' (messor `Schnitter'); cymr. medi ds., acorn. midil `messor', air. meithleōrai `messōrēs', mir. meithel `a party of reapers', acymr. medel ds., anter-metelic `semiputata', mir. de-mess `Schere' (`Doppelmesser'); ahd. mād `Mahd', ags. mǣð `das Mähen, das gemähte Heu' (= gr. ἄμητος `das Ernten', ursprüngl. *ἄμᾱτος).

Idg. *met- steht neben *mē- (oder *amē-) in gr. ἀμάω `mähe, schneide', ahd. māen `mähen', ags. māwan ds.; ahd. mato-screch `Wiesenhüpfer, Heuschrecke', nhd. Matte `Wiese, die gemäht wird', ags. mǣd f. `Wiese, Weide' (*mǣdwu), engl. meadow, aschwed. maþ ds.

References: WP. II 259, WH. II 82 f.

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