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Where does “mh₂ǵyéti” come from?

mh₂ǵyéti (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ǵ- — to knead, stroke.

Ancestry of “mh₂ǵyéti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ǵ-to knead, stroke

Words derived from “mh₂ǵyéti”

  • massive
  • massage
  • maze
  • magma
  • massively
  • mace
  • amass
  • massy
  • massif
  • masa
  • mazy
  • massiveness
  • masseuse
  • masseur
  • supermassive
  • mazelike
  • massager
  • maza
  • hydromassage
  • amasser
  • submassive
  • reedmace
  • mazily
  • massiness
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