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3.6.27 m-s Light-coloured; clair (cf. m-n ð 3.6.40)

Caucase:Tchet.méseday
Slavic(o.liter.)mêsecimoon, month
Skr.masahid.
Caucase: abkh.mzamoon
Caucase: oubykha-mdzalamp
Akk.maSàhuto shine
Hitt.Masana god (the moon deified?)
Pers.(o.liter.)Mazda god of light
Tajikmaysailight green
Galicemaciopale, discoloured
Franç.emaciéemaciated (secondary, like Lat. macer)
LettishmisinSbrass
Cymricmismonth
Esp.mesmonth, Ital. mese
Engl.mas"time of ..." (in Michaelmas,Martinmas,Christmas etc., no relation to mass "religious celebration")

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