Thread:User talk:CodeCat/"Proto-Germanic had no ā"/reply (4)

Ok so I checked the source more attentively and I think the anon who edited the entry may have misunderstood the author's position, with me following their error: Bandle claims that the prehistory (not the reconstruction) of *mēkijaz is disputed, and that the "Ancient Nordic" (Proto-Norse, I suppose) form would be *mākijaz -- which is also more in line with sound changes as I understand them.

The claim about an Indo-Iranian origin is for the PGmc. *mēkijaz, then: apparently it would be be a migratory term ultimately from Old Iranian maδyaka or some closely related form, meaning "something attached to the middle/belt" which would be etymologically related to. Would you agree with the addition of that theory to the entry?

Either way, this just goes to show that I shouldn't try to etymologize too much on three hours of sleep, sorry about the misunderstanding!