Cognate Set 1515 – Meaning: nose

IE-CoR reference form:
*meu̯k-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Modern Hellenic lexemes backformed from Ancient Greek (ἀπο-)μύσσομαι 'to blow one's nose, snort' (Babinotis 2010:906), further to PIE *meu̯k- 'to untie, take off' (LIV² 443-444, cf. Chantraine 1968–1980:726, Beekes 2010:985-986).
Found in clades:
Hellenic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 6 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
8   Greek: Modern Std mýtī μύτη ˈmiti ˈmiti
11   Greek: Cypriot moýttī μούττη ˈmutːʰi ˈmutti
14   Tsakonian: Propontis mýtī μύτη ˈmiti ˈmiti
9   Greek: Cappadocian mýta μύτα ˈmita ˈmita
10   Greek: Pontic mytí(n) μυτί(ν) miˈti(n) miˈti(n)
12   Greek: Italiot mýtthī μύττ̔η ˈmi(t)tʰi ˈmitʰi Cal.; /ˈmiti/ Ap.
References
  • Babinotis, George: 906
    S.v. μύτη. A noun backformed from Ancient Greek (ἀπο-)μύσσομαι 'blow (the nose)'.
  • Beekes, Robert: 985-986
    S.v. μύσσομαι 'to blow one's nose, snort'. Ancient Greek μύσσομαι is a yod-present formation, and possible cognates are Gael. smùc, smug 'mucus', MIr. mocht 'weak' < *muk-to-, ONor. mjúkr, Latv. mukls 'marshy'. The word might also be of substrate origin.
  • Rix, Helmut: 443-444
    Cf. s.v. *meu̯k- 'losbinden, abstreifen' (IEW 744), for Greek (ἀπο-)μύσσω, -ομαι, < *muk-i̯é-.