and, with metathesis
http://www.ieed.nl/lubotsky/pdf/Indo-Iranian%20substratum.pdf
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*maks- f. `fly, bee':
Skt. máks.(a:)- `fly, bee';
LAv. maxsi:- f. `fly'.
[-> FU *mekse `bee', Rédei 45.]
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Torsten
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What about
*mekshe being a derivative
of *med "honey ?
*med-k > indo-iranian *meksh
Arnaud
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