māk̂ - : mǝk̂ -

    māk̂ - : mǝk̂ -

    English meaning: long, slender

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “lang and dũnn, schlank”

    Material: Av. mas- “long”, compounds masyü̊ “the größere”, Sup. masiṣta-, ap. maϑišta- “the höchste”, Av. masah- n. “length, greatness, bulk, extent” (*mas- for *mis- from IE mǝsthrough influence of mazyü̊ “größer”: μέγας), Gk. μά̆σσω, μά̆σσων (*μᾰκι̯ων) besides μᾶσσον (after ἆσσον “näher”) “länger”, μήκιστος “the längste”, μῆκος, Dor. μᾶκος n. “length”, Μάκετα “Hochland”, Μακεδόνες hence “Hochländer”, μακεδνός “ slim “, nachHom. μηκεδανός ds., μακρός “long” (= Lat. macer, dt. mager); perhaps μάκαρ n. “Glũckseligkeit”; Lat. macer, -cra, -crum “lean”, maceō, -ēre “lean sein”, maciēs f. “Magerkeit”; perhaps here O.Ir. mēr m. “finger” (*makro-); O.H.G. magar, O.E. mæger, O.Ice. magr “lean”; in addition with l-suffix Hitt. ma-ak-la-ante- eš (maklantes) nom. pl. “lean”.

    References: WP. II 223 f., WH. II 2, Benveniste BAL.-SLAV. 33, 140 f.