Comparative evidence

2.mei̯h₁, 2.mei̯h₂, 2.mei̯h₃

• Hitt. mai- /mi- 'grow', 'thrive', 'prosper', 'be born' (EDHIL: 540ff.). Kloekhorst connects the Hittite verb with OIr. mór 'big', Goth. mais 'more', PIE *meh2-.

References

EDHIL = Kloekhorst, A. 2008. Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon. Brill.