meso

mesa

masc nom sg of mesa (noun)

mesa (masc): ram
meso (sandhi): this is my

Built from

me — root · I (nominative singular), contracting to me before genitive eso
From PIE *egH- 'I'. The full nominative is aham; me is the weak-stem form used in compounds and sandhi contractions.
eso — root · that, he (genitive singular)
From so (demonstrative 'that, he'). Genitive singular eso; the contraction with preceding me shortens to meso in speech and colloquial narrative.

Analysis. me (nominative singular of aham 'I') + eso (genitive singular of so 'that, he'), literally 'of me that' = 'this is mine'. The sandhi contraction is common in colloquial and narrative Pali.

Etymology. me from aham (I), cognate with Latin ego, Greek ego, Sanskrit aham, English I (all from PIE *egH-). eso from so (that, he), cognate with Sanskrit sa, Latin se (reflexive), Greek ho (definite article), English that and same (all from PIE *so-).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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