masag

root. *sticky, *sticky, [ᴹ√] knead, make soft by rubbing, kneading

The root ᴹ√MASAG “knead, make soft by rubbing, kneading” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. maksa/N. moe “soft, pliant” and ᴹQ. makse/N. moeas “dough” (Ety/MASAG). It reappeared in the Outline of Phonology from the early 1950s as unglossed √MASAG with derivatives like ✶mazgō “sticky substance” > Q. maxo “mire”, S. madha “mud” (PE19/101). It thus probably had a similar meaning as the one it had in the 1930s, perhaps “✱sticky”.

Derivatives

• ✶mazgō “sticky substance” ✧ PE19/101
  • Q. maxo “mire, mire, [ᴹQ.] sticky substance” ✧ PE19/101
  • S. madha “mud” ✧ PE19/101
  • T. mascu “mire” ✧ PE19/101
• ᴺS. medhia- “to knead, soften”