Where does “méǵh₂yōs” come from?

méǵh₂yōs (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

méǵh₂yōs (Proto-Indo-European): bigger, greater

Definitions

  1. bigger, greater

Ancestry of “méǵh₂yōs”, step by step

méǵh₂yōs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

via Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

Words derived from “méǵh₂yōs

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂-