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Another palette of protoroots formed the sounds of drinking. In ancient times, there were no glasses and mugs, so our ancestors either drank from the reservoirs, or get running water into the palm of their hand; they drew it in, as sometimes, children or tourists do. What kind of sound is produced by such drink? Only the sound of “ms”. “M” is the sound of food, but in this case, it is liquid food, the consumption of which is accompanied by a “whistling” sound – the sound of “s”. It formed protoroot with the meaning “drinking water”. It can be found everywhere in the names of localities where water is suitable for drinking. There are many of such toponyms\place names on the planet, I found more than three hundred of them on the map, although I assume that there are many more. This is our Moskva-reka (Moscow river), the Mississippi, the “Temza” (the Thames), and Lake Michigan. This root has been preserved in various languages – for example, in Japanese, where there is still the word “mizi” with the meaning “water” and there is the word “mizimi” with the meaning of “lake”.

The protoroot “ms” formed the Russian word “mezhdu” (between). The origin of the meaning is understandable: any body of water, and especially a river, always divides something: the left bank of the river, the right bank… The river seems to be “mezhdu” (between). In the Greek language, the single root word “meso” (μέσος) – has the meaning of “middle”, “the middle”. From this understanding came the meaning of the word “mezha” (boundary-line), “meso” (meso, mezzo) and the case form “midas” (median, medium, and others).

At some stage, the sound “ms” began to be included in the names and titles of rulers: Ahura Mazda, Gilgamesh, Masra (in Hebrew Mizri or Michri), Ramses, Ahmose, Thutmose, Messiah, Mashiach, Moses, and Monomakh. More recently, the word “tomos” – a verdict, a decree of the ruler, has become popular. There are several versions of how the root “ms” came to mean power. The key to this solution can be the ancient Greek word “pyramis” (πυραμίς) and its case form “pyramid” (πυραμίδος).