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Where does “meh₂s-” come from?

meh₂s- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European meh₂- — good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp.

Ancestry of “meh₂s-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂-good, great; timely, opportune; wet, damp

Words derived from “meh₂s-”

  • machać
  • mach
  • promaha
  • промаха
  • махати
  • mahati
  • промаја
  • promaja
  • maxati
  • māˀs-
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