member organ, limb XIII; constituent portion or individual XIV;
one elected to a parliament, etc. XV; division of a sentence XVI. —
(O)F. membre :- L. membrum, app. rel. to OIr. mīr piece of meat, Skr. māmsá-, OSl. męso, Goth. mimz meat, Gr. mērós thigh.
Is Gothic mimz expected? Why not *minz or *minz? Is this preservation of M before z regular? There are attempts to link Mi:mir with mimz... May we assume a s-name like *me:ms, *me:mos- ?
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