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;26 Indo-European Roots, with Derivativesfxepl-^-w (divide), fx6p-o? (lot, fate), jmoip-a (proper portion),fj-op-a (division) ; Lat. iner-e-o and mer-e-o-r (to obtain as aportion), mer-enda (an afternoon meal).Gael, mir (a piece, part) is connected with fxelpopai in Corm.'sGloss., p. 118, and with W. mer (a particle) and Gr. /mtpo^ inStokes' Ir. Glosses, p. 1.57.13. With the root magh, nasalised form niangh (cf No. 11above), are connected O. Gael, mug (a servant), mac (a son),macamh (boy, gar9on). Corn, maiv, W. mcyj (son), and Gael, mang(fawn). Mug and Corn, maw ( = Goth, magus) are connected withthe form magh of the root, and mac, mace, oghamic maqo =mac-va, mang-va, also W. ma-j^ and Gael, mang belong to thenasalised form mangh. Cf Stokes in Rev. Celt. iii. 38.IG. Indo-Europ. root mi, mi (to diminish), of which miii is anextended form. Cf. Fick's Wort. i. 177.To this root belong Skr. oni, nit-nd-ml (diminish) ; Gr. fxivvw,fxivvdu) (diminish, destroy, grow less), plvwOa (a little while)Lat. m,inuo (to make small or less), minidas (little, small), minor(less), minus, minister (servant, attendant), minimus, &c. ; Goth.m,ins (less), minniza (smaller), minnists (smallest) ; Ch.-Slav.mtnij (minor), Lith. minii, men-ka-s (little).To the same root belong Gael, mean and mion = min (small),mtn (small, tender), ro-mvn (very meek), W. m/wyn and main(fine, slender, thin). Corn, main (slender, thhi), Cf. Curt. Gr.Etym., p. 337, and Stokes in Rev. Celt. iii. 38. Gael, meanhh(small, slender) = menb, with apparently b for v as in marb =*niaru and fedb = *fedv, and W. manu (to make small), manw(of subtile quality), manwy (fine, rare, subtile) belong to the sameclass of words. Cf. Graeco-Ital. stem *minu in Fick's Wort. ii. 190.17. Indo-Europ. root mile (to mix). Cf Fick's Wort., i. 168.To this root belong Gael, measg (mix, mingle) and measg in" am measg " (among). The old form of measg was mesc, from whichare derived O. Gael, com-mescatar (miscentur) and cum-masc (amixing, mixtio) = * cum-mesc, e of mesc having become a by ruleafter u of cum (cf Stokes in Beit. viii. 308).To the same root belong Skr. mig-7'a-s (intermixed), mip'a-jdmi(mix, intermix), miksh, mi-miksh (mix) ; Gi\ root yuiy, play-w,ixly-vv-p-i (mix), fx'iy-Sriv (mixedly) ; Lat. misceo (mix), mixtus,(mixed), mixtio, &c. ; O. H. G. misk-iu (mix), Ger. misch-en (tomix), A. S. m,isc-an (to mix), Eng. miv ; Ch.-Slav. mes-i-ti (tomix), Lith. misz-ti (to mix oneself), &e. Cf Gr. Etyra., p. 330.