Cognate Set 5888 – Meaning: back

IE-CoR reference form:
*medʰ-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Cf. Classical Armenian mēǰ- 'the middle; back' < PIE médʰ-i̯o- (Martirosyan 2010:466-467, NIL 465-466).
Found in clades:
Armenian
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
16   Armenian: Eastern meǰkʿ մեջք mɛtʃʰkʰ mɛdʒ-kʰ From PIE *medʰ-i̯o-; cf. Skt. mádhya - adj. '(located in a/the) middle', subst. 'the middle'.
References
  • Martirosyan, Hrach: 466-467
    S.v. Arm. mēǰ 'the middle; (anatom.) 'back' < PIE *medʰi̯o- via PArm. *meidi̯o- through regular palatalization *-dʰi̯- > -ǰ- and anticipation of *-i- or development *-e- > *-ei- before a palatal.
  • Wodtko, Dagmar S. and Irslinger, Britta and Schneider, Carolin: 465-466
    S.v. *medʰ- 'mittlerer' (IEW 706f., EIEC 380). Arm. mēǰ- < *médʰ-i̯o-.