R. mgla and E. gloom?

[Daniel Collins]

If I may offer a slight correction to the preceding message, the
Russian word mgla has a variety of cognates in other Indo-European
languages, including the Greek form omikhle; however, the Russian word
does not "come directly" from the Greek form but rather is descended
(through Proto-Slavic) from the same Proto-Indo-European root,
reconstructed as *m(e)igh-, with a suffix.  The English cognates of
mgla are mist and mistletoe (Proto-Germanic *mih-st-(l)-).

Daniel E. Collins, Chair
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
232 Cunz Hall
1841 Millikin Road
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1215
On Oct 19, 2004, at 4:00 PM, Daryl Bullis wrote:

> The relationship is tempting, but I believe they are not related. Gloom
> comes from the Middle English gloum(b)en, meaning to become dark or
> moody(cv. glum), or to be savage, but it is not related to "gloaming,"
> which
> is related to "glow." The Russian word "mgla" comes directly from the
> Greek
> word "omikhle" (or in some variants "omikhla"), meaning a mist or fog.
> Perhaps there is a PIE connection between the Greek omikhle and the ME
> gloum(b)en, but I don't see any real connection other than a tempting,
> but
> tenuous propinquity of meaning.
>
> Daryl
>
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> Philologists! Linguists!
>
> Is there any etymological collection between Russian "mgla" (m-g-l) and
> English "gloom" (g-l-m)?
>
> I haven't been able to find any in the sources available to me, but it
> would be nice.
>
> Peter Scotto
> Mount Holyoke College
>
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