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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 1253

Root / lemma: meis-

English meaning: twinkling, glimmering; mist

German meaning: `flimmern, blinzeln, dunkel (vor den Augen flimmernd), Nebel, Wolke; auch betru"gen, Trug'

Material: Ai. mis.a/ti `schla"gt die Augen auf', ni-mis. f. , ni-mis.a- m. `das Blinzeln, Schlies|en des Auges'; mis.a- n. `Betrug, Ta"uschung'; mi:d.am `leise' (*miz-do- `verstohlen'?), mi:lati `schlies|t die Augen';

    ndd. mis `nebliges Wetter', miseln `fein regnen', ndl. (fla"m. ) mijzelen, mi:zelen `Staub regnen';

    aksl. müs^elú `turpis quaestus', russ. ms^el `Gewinn', ob-michnu/tüs'a `sich irren'.

References: WP. II 248 f. ;

See also: Erweiterung der auch in meigh-, meik- vorliegenden Wurzel.

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