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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/miskijaną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic

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Etymology

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From earlier *mihsk-, from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé- (*sḱé- inchoative present) (whence Latin misceō (mix), Ancient Greek μίσγω (mísgō, mix)), from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (to mix, knead). Cognate with *maiskaz, *maiskō (mixture), Old Irish mescaid (mix), Sanskrit मेक्षयति (mekṣáyati, to mingle, mix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmis.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*miskijaną

  1. to mix, combine

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*miskan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370