me-2

    me-2

    English meaning: in the middle of, by, around, with

    Deutsche Übersetzung: as Grundlage von Adverbien (Präpositionen) “mitten in, mitten hinein”

    Material: A. me-dhi (also basic form me-ti possible) in Goth. miÞ “with”, asäch. mid(i), O.E. mið, O.Ice. með(e), O.H.G. with(i), etc.; compare under S. 706 f. B. me-ta in Gk. μετά (ending as in κατά, above S. 613), Alb. mjet “Withtel”, Illyr. Metaurus “Withtelfluß” (Brutt., Umbr.), ligur. Os Metapīnum (Rhônemũndung) “ between den Wassern”; compare Illyr. locative Metu-barbis “ between Sũmpfen” (in the Save); in Ä tolien VN Μετάπιοι (hellenisiert Μεσσάπιοι) etc., O.Ice. með(r) “with, between “, Goth. miÞ, O.E. mið, O.H.G. with(i). C. me-ĝhri-(s) in Arm. merj “by” (the final sound receive in merjenam “nähere mich”) = Gk. μέχρι(ς) “bis”; contains den locative of words for “hand” (see above S. 447); zero grade IE*m̥-ĝhri-(s) in Gk. ἄχρι(ς) ds. D. Unclear are Gk. arkad. μέστε, Cret. kyren. μέστα “bis”, Hom. μέσφα, Thess. μέσποδι etc. Maybe Alb. (*me-) me “with”.

    References: WP. II 236, Schwyzer Gk. 1, 629 f., 840; 2, 481 ff., 549 f.