mē-2, m-e-t-

English meaning                      to reap

German meaning                     `mähen'

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Material                                   Lat. metō, -ere, messum `mähen, ernten' (messor `Schnitter'); cymr. medi ds., acorn. midil `messor', air. meithleōrai `messōrēs', mir. meithel `a party of reapers', acymr. medel ds., anter-metelic `semiputata', mir. de-mess `Schere' (`Doppelmesser'); ahd. mād `Mahd', ags. mǣð `das Mähen, das gemähte Heu' (= gr. ἄμητος `das Ernten', ursprüngl. *ἄμᾱτος).

                Idg. *met- steht neben *mē- (oder *amē-) in gr. ἀμάω `mähe, schneide', ahd. māen `mähen', ags. māwan ds.; ahd. mato-screch `Wiesenhüpfer, Heuschrecke', nhd. Matte `Wiese, die gemäht wird', ags. mǣd f. `Wiese, Weide' (*mǣdwu), engl. meadow, aschwed. maþ ds.

References                              WP. II 259, WH. II 82 f.

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