Re: PIE suffix *-ro - 'similar-with' => *meik'- & *mik'-ró

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

> PIE *mik^-ro <<Initial meeting: ressembling/like ('mixed-like')
> two mixed substances/liquids (but having a different nature)"
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> NOTE: All the below words are from Skt. (I couldn't find Lith. mi~sra
> in any of the dictionary that I could consulted)

...

> l) mi`sradha:nya
> -dha:nya n. mixed grain
> -> (mi`sra-), mfn. made by mixing various kinds of grain

...

> c1) mi`sri:karan.a
> -karan.a n. the act of mixing, seasoning. an ingredient

> Meaning of PIE *mik^-ro
> ========================
> *mik^-ro "similar-with 'mixed liquids or substances' (but having a
> different nature) "
>
> Examples to justify this meaning: being of mixed birth or breed, one
> whose parents belong to different castes, promiscuous, mixed grain,
> an adulterator of grain, a mule, to mingle words, a mixed story,
> diverse (but nothing that refered to the basic meaning: 'to mix to
> liquids or substances')

The 'mixed grain' meaning definitely implies mixing two substances; so
does the 'the act of mixing, seasoning. an ingredient'. It seems very
forced to deny the meaning to many of the other meanings.

Richard.