Mey
Scots
[məi]
proper noun
Definitions
- May
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English May derived from Old French mai derived from Latin māius (Maia's month, of May) derived from Proto-Indo-European *magya (she who is great), *méǵh₂s (great, big, many, stout).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*méǵh₂s
Gloss
great, big, many, stout
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- May English
- Mayson English
- (mensis) Māius Latin
- Maius Latin
- Māius Latin
- ingens Latin
- magis Latin
- magister Latin
- maximus Latin
- māius Latin
- mei Dutch, Flemish
- mai French
- май Russian
- Μάϊος Ancient Greek
- Μᾱ́ϊος Ancient Greek
- μέγας Ancient Greek
- μεγάλος Ancient Greek
- ἀγαυός Ancient Greek
- *magya Proto-Indo-European
- *mégh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂yos Proto-Indo-European
- *mekō Proto-Germanic
- *mikilaz Proto-Germanic
- May Middle English
- maj Danish
- mai Old French
- maistre Old French
- Μάιος Greek (modern)
- meio Old High German
- մեծ Old Armenian
- מאי Hebrew (modern)
- მაისი Georgian
- *magalos Proto-Celtic
- *magos Proto-Celtic
- *magyo- Proto-Celtic
- *mogont-s Proto-Celtic
- *maȷ́ʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *maȷ́ʰā́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- maiu Aromanian
- máj Slovak
- maitg Romansh
- Mai Friulian
- maaie Western Frisian
- mezin Northern Kurdish
- Mae Breton
- Me Cornish
- Μάϊος gkm
- may Walloon
- mei North Frisian
- *megalos Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬨𐬀𐬰 Avestan
- maghju Corsican
- magester Old Latin
- *mākā Proto-Tocharian