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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/múHs

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

Noun

*múHs [1]

  1. mouse

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *múHs
    • Sanskrit: मूष् f or m (mū́ṣ), मूष (mūṣa)
      • Pali: mūsī
      • Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Iranian: *múHs (see there for further descendants)
  • Nuristani: *múHsaH
    • Northern Nuristani:
      • Kati-Kamviri:
        Kamviri: [script needed] (mus’a)
        Kamkata-viri: mussā, muzzā, ‘mësë, məsə
      • Prasuni: mǖs’ū, mǖsu, müs’u, mīs’u
    • Southern Nuristani:
      • Ashkun: muʼšä, ‘mušə, ‘muṣə

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “míṣ-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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