Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mesg-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*mesg- (imperfective)

1. to dip, sink

Derived terms

• *mésg-e-ti (thematic root imperfective)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *máẑǰati
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *máźȷ́ati
      • Sanskrit: मज्जति (májjati)
  • Proto-Italic: *mezgō
    • Latin: mergō
• *mosg-éye-ti (causative)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *maẑǰáyati
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maźȷ́áyati
      • Sanskrit: मज्जयति (majjáyati)
• *mosg-o-
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *masg-, *mask- (denominative)
    • East Baltic:
      • Latvian: mazgāt (“to wash”)
      • Lithuanian: mazgóti (“to wash”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *mosky (“swamp, dampness, moisture”)
      • Old East Slavic: *Москꙑ (*Mosky, “Moscow”) (see there for further descendants)
      • Slovak: mozga (“puddle”)
      • Polish: mazgać; Mozgawa