mei-t(h)-2

    mei-t(h)-2

    English meaning: to exchange

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “wechseln, tauschen”

    Material: O.Ind. mḗ thati, mitháti “wechselt ab, zankt, gesellt sich to”, mithá- adv. “gegenseitig, abwechselnd, together” = Av. miϑō adv. “ inverted, incorrect “; O.Ind. míthūṣ, míthus, mithuyü adv. ds., Av. miϑwa(na)-, miϑwara- adj. “gepaart”; Gk. (Sicil.) μοῖτος “Vergeltung, gratitude “ (Lw. from dem Italischen); Lat. mūtō, -üre (*moitüi̯ ō) “ändern, verändern, tauschen”, mūtuus “wechselseitig”; O.Ir. Negativpräfix mí-, mis(s)-; die vollere form in mis-cuis “hate”; compare under Gmc. missa-; here also O.Ir. messa ‘schlimmer”? Goth. maidjan “verändern, verfälschen”, in-maidjan “verwandeln”; Goth. maiÞms “gift”, O.Ice. pl. f. meiðmar, O.E. müðum, O.S. mēðom “gift, preciousness, jewel”; participle *mitsto- “verwechselt, incorrect “ in Goth. missō “wechselseitig, einander”, O.Ice. (ü)miss, M.L.G. to misse “ inverted, ungũnstig”, O.H.G. missi “different(artig)”, prefix Goth. missa- “ inverted, dis-” (missa-dēds = Ger. Missetat, missa-leiks “different”, compare Ger. mißfarben “ve-schiedenfarbig”, perhaps also Goth. missa-qiss “Wortstreit”), O.Ice. mis- (seldom missi- ), O.S. O.E. mis-, O.H.G. missa-, missi-, Ger. miss-; somewhat different O.H.G. O.E. missan “vermissen, entbehren, verfehlen”, O.Ice. missa “vermissen, lose”, M.H.G. misse f. “lack”, O.E. miss n. “loss”, O.Ice. missir m. missa f. “loss, damage”, to O.H.G. mīdan “avoid, entbehren”, refl. ‘sich enthalten”; intr. “wegbleiben, lack, sich conceal”, O.S. mīthan, mīdan ds., O.E. mīðan “verhehlen; avoid”; Bal.-Slav. *meitu- in Ltv. miêtus m. “Tausch, variation”, in addition mituôt and mietuôt “tauschen”, mitêt “verändern”, refl. “cease”, adv. pa-mîšu “wechselweise”; O.C.S. mitě “abwechselnd”, R.C.S. mitusь adv. ds., etc.; in addition O.C.S. mьstь etc. “ revenge, vengeance “. Maybe Alb. zemërim “anger”, from Pol. msta (arch.), zemsta “vengeance, revenge”.

    References: WP. II 247 f., WH. II 137, 140, Trautmann 176 f.;

    See also: see under mei-2.