Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meyḱ-

Possibly from *mey- (“to change”).

*meyḱ- or *meyǵ- [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

1. to mix

• *méyḱ-t ~ *miḱ-ént (root aorist)[2][5]
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἔμῐκτο (émikto), ἔμειξᾰ (émeixa)
• *miḱ-sḱé- (*sḱé- inchoative present)[1][2][3][5][6][7]
  • Germanic: *miskijaną (< *mihsk-) (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μίσγω (mísgō, “mix”)
  • Indo-Iranian: *misĉá-
    • Indo-Aryan: *miśćá-
      • Sanskrit: मिच्छमान (micchámāna, “agitated”, present mediopassive participle)
    • Iranian: *āmayxš-, *wimayxš- (< *meyǵ-)
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (ʾ(ʾ)myxs-, “to be mixed”) (Manichaean), [script needed] (gwmyxs-, “to be mixed, mingled”) (Manichaean)
      • Parthian: [script needed] (ʾmyxs-, “to be mixed with”), [script needed] (wmyxs-, “to be mixed”)
      • Sogdian: [script needed] (wmxsk)
  • Italic: *mikskō
    • Latin: misceō (“mix, blend”) (see there for further descendants)
• *moyḱ-éye- (causative)[2][8][9]
  • Balto-Slavic: *maiśīˀtei
    • Latvian: màisît (“mix”)
    • Lithuanian: maišýti (“mix”)
    • Slavic: *mě̄sìti (“mix, knead”) (see there for further descendants)
• *méyḱ-s- (*s- desiderative)[2][5]
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μείξω (meíxō, “will mix”)
  • Indo-Iranian: *maykšáyati
    • Indo-Aryan: *maykṣáyati
      • Sanskrit: मेक्षयति (mekṣáyati, “mix”)
• *meyḱ-ye- (innovative *ye- present)[2][10]
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: miēši (“dilute, mix, ferment, sweeten”)
• *mi-né-ḱ- (innovative *né- present)[2]
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: mìšti
• *mi-néw-ḱ- (innovative *new- present)[2][5]
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μείγνῡμῐ (meígnūmi), μῐ́γνῡμῐ (mígnūmi)
      • Greek: μιγνύω (mignýo)
• *méyḱ-tis[11]
  • Balto-Slavic: *miśtis
    • Lithuanian: mìšti
  • Hellenic: *míktis
    • Ancient Greek: μῐ́ξῐς (míxis, “mixing”) (also μῖξῐς (mîxis) and μεῖξῐς (meîxis) by analogy)
  • Indo-Iranian: *míštiš
    • Iranian: *míštiš
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬌‎ (mišti, “confusedly”)
• *miḱ-rós[11]
  • Balto-Slavic: *miśras
    • Lithuanian: mìšras (“mixed”)
  • Indo-Iranian: *miĉrás
    • Indo-Aryan: *miśrás
      • Sanskrit: मिश्र (miśrá, “mixed”), मिश्रयति (miśráyati, “mix”, denominative verb)
• *miḱ-sḱ-ó/éh₂- (deverbative from the present *sḱé- stem)[11][12]
  • Celtic: *miskos (“mixed, confused”)
    • Brythonic:
      • Middle Breton: e mesk (“among”)
        • Breton: mesk (“mixture”)
      • Cornish: yn mysk (“among”)
      • Middle Welsh: mysgi (“trouble, confusion”), mysgu (“destroy, unravel, undo”)
        • Welsh: mysgaf, cymysgaf (“mix”)
    • Old Irish: mescc (“confused, drunk”), mescaid (“mix”) (< *miḱ-sḱ-eh₂-ye-)
      • Irish: measc
      • Scottish Gaelic: measg
  • Italic:
    • Latin: prōmiscus, prōmiscuus
• *moyḱ-sḱ-o/eh₂- (o-grade deverbative from the present *sḱé- stem)[11]
  • Germanic: *maiskaz (“mixture”), *maiskō (“mixture”), *maiską (“mixture”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Indo-Iranian: *mayĵ-
    • Iranian: *āmayĵ-, *wimayĵ-
      • (possibly) Ossetian:

        Iron: ызмис (yzmis, “sand”)

        Digor: ӕзменсӕ (æzmensæ, “sand”)

      • Middle Persian: ʾmyc- (/āmēz-/, “to mix”), gwmyc- (/gumēz-/, “to mix, mingle”), ʾmyc (/āmiz/, “a certain dish containing game meat”, literally “mixture”),[4] ʾ(ʾ)myz- (“to mix”) (Manichaean) (see there for further descendants)
        • Persian: آمیختن‎ (âmixtan, “to mix”), آمیغ‎ (âmeğ, “mixture”)
      • Parthian: ʾmyj- (āmēž-, “to mix”)
      • Kurdish:

        Central Kurdish: ئامێژەن‎ (amêjen, “mixing”)