mih

See also: Mih, míh, mıh, and mį́h

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *meik-sko, from Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ- (“to mix”) (cognate with Ancient Greek μείξω (meíxō, “mix, mingle”), Latin misceō (“mix”), Old High German miskan (“mix”)), or alternatively from Proto-Albanian *smeid-sko, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”), in which case cognate with Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“arranger, smith”) (English smith).

Verb

mih (aorist miha, participle mihur)

1. to dig, mold

Derived terms

• përmih
• rrëmih
• rrëmoj
• gërmih
• mihje
• mihës

Related terms

• mushk
• mëshoj

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mek, from Proto-Indo-European *me (“me”), akin to Old English mē, Old Norse mik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mix/

Pronoun

mih

1. me; accusative singular of ih

Descendants

• Middle High German: mich
  • Alemannic German: mich, mi
  • Central Franconian: mich
  • Cimbrian: mich
  • East Central German: mihch, mich, miech
  • German: mich
  • Hunsrik: mich
  • Luxembourgish: mech
  • Pennsylvania German: mich
  • Yiddish: מיך (mikh)

References

1. Joseph Wright, "An Old High German Primer, Second Edition"

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *migъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mix]

Noun

mih m inan

1. blink

Further reading

• “mih”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Wagi

Noun

mih

1. louse

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975) (mi)
• J. Spencer, S. van Cott, B. MacKenzie, G. Muñoz, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Wagi [fad] Language (mih)