mahta-

verb. to handle, wield; to deal with, treat; to stroke, feel; to wield a weapon, fight

Changes

• mahta- → mahta- “slay with sword” ✧ EtyAC/MAK

Cognates

• On. mattha- “to stroke, feel, handle” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
• N. matha- “to stroke, feel, handle” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
• N. maetha- “to fight” ✧ Ety/MAK

Derivations

• ᴹ✶mahtā- “to handle, stroke, feel; to deal with, wield, treat” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; PE19/048
  • ᴹ✶maʒtā- “to handle, stroke, feel” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/MAƷ
  • ᴹ√MAƷ “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; Ety/MAK; EtyAC/MAƷ
  • ᴹ√MAƷ “hand” ✧ PE19/048
• ᴹ✶maktā- “to fight” ✧ Ety/MAK
  • ᴹ√MAK “sword; fight (with a sword), cleave” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; Ety/MAK
• ᴹ√MAK “sword; fight (with a sword), cleave” ✧ EtyAC/MAK; EtyAC/MAK; EtyAC/MAK

Element in

• ᴺQ. mahtéma “tournament, tourney, (lit.) battle-series”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶mahtā́ > mahta-	[maɣta-] > [maxta-]	✧ Ety/MAƷ
ᴹ✶maktā- > mahta-	[makta-] > [maxta-]	✧ Ety/MAK
ᴹ✶mahtā > mahta-	[maɣta-] > [maxta-]	✧ PE19/048

manka-

verb. to trade

Changes

• māka- → manka- ✧ Ety/MBAKH
• mahta- → māka- “trade” ✧ EtyAC/MBAKH

Cognates

• N. banga- “to trade, to trade, *sell” ✧ Ety/MBAKH

Derivations

• ᴹ√MBAKH “exchange” ✧ Ety/MBAKH

Element in

• ᴺQ. aumanca- “to sell, (lit.) trade away”
• ᴺQ. homanca- “to buy”
• ᴺQ. mancamen “market, (lit.) trade-place”
• ᴺQ. mancanómë “market, market-place”
• ᴺQ. mancaro “tradesman, trader, merchant”
• ᴹQ. mankale “commerce, commerce, *trade [as an activity]” ✧ Ety/MBAKH

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MBAKH > manka-	[mbaŋkʰa-] > [mbaŋxa-] > [maŋxa-] > [maŋka-]	✧ Ety/MBAKH

Variations

• māka- ✧ EtyAC/MBAKH (māka-)
• mahta- ✧ EtyAC/MBAKH (mahta-)