meng-
verb · to make pretty, beautiful
Attested in Celtic, Italic, Balto-Slavic, Graeco-Phrygian, Indo-Iranian,
Reconstructions in Pokorny (1959)
meng- ‘pretty, beautiful; useful thing’ (?)
| Language | Reflex | Gloss | Grammar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaulish | *marvos | tot | |
| Latin | mortuus | tot | |
| Lithuanian | mãras | Pest | |
| Greek | μάρτυς | Zeuge | |
| Homeric Greek | μάρτυρος | Zeuge | |
| Old Persian | martiya- | sterblich, Sterblicher | |
| Old Irish | marb | tot | |
| Old Church Slavic,Old Church Slavonic | mrьtvъ | tot | |
| Old Church Slavic,Old Church Slavonic | morъ | Pest | |
| Modern Welsh,Welsh | marw | tot | |
| gall. (?) | Mori-marusa | mortuum mare | |
| Sanskrit | mā̆ra- | Tod | |
| Sanskrit | mr̥ṇāti | raubt | |
| Sanskrit | ā-marī-tár- | Rauber | |
| Sanskrit | ámr̥ṇat | raubte | |
| Sanskrit | malí-mlu- | Rauber |