Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *mā-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to stupefy

Old Indian: māyā́ f. `illusion, witchcraft, supernatural power', dur-māyú- `using bad arts; múni- m. `inspired or ecstatic person; saint, sage'

Old Greek: 1) mátǟ f. `Unbesonnenheit, Torheit', adv. mátǟn `vergeblich, umsonst, ohne Grund', mátai̯o- `eitel, nichtig `eitel, nichtig, töricht, frevelhaft'; 2) <mān->: prs. manje-, aor. *mānz-, aor. pass. *manē-, pf. *memāna (~ -ē-); *maníjā, *manjád-s, *mánti-s, gen. -ejos/-ijos

Slavic: *mānǭtī, *mānītī, *māmītī; *mājātī, *mājǭ; *mārā; *mātogā

Baltic: *mā̂- (2) vb.

Latin: manticulārī `zu Werke verschmitzt gehen; Beutelschneiderei treiben; stehlen' (?)

Russ. meaning: дурить голову

References: WP II 217 f

Comments: Quite probably = *mā-n (733).