Comparative evidence

mei̯th₂

• Lat. mūtō  -āre ‘exchange’, ‘change’, ‘substitute’, ‘replace’, ‘modify’, ‘alter’ (OLD: 1150)

• Lat. mittō -ere ‘release’, ‘let go’, ‘allow’, ‘direct’, ‘trow’, ‘send’ (OLD: 1119)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.