Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/muštíš

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *méws-ti-s ~ *mus-téy-s (fist), cognate with Tocharian B maśce (fist),[1] and possibly Ancient Greek άμυστί (ámustí, withouth closing (one's mouth)) (from *n̥-mus-ti(h₁)), from *mews- (to shut) +‎ *-tis,[2] whence Ancient Greek μῡ́ω (mū́ō, to shut, close), Hittite [script needed] (muš-, to eat one's fill, literally to close the mouth?),[3] perhaps further connected to Sanskrit मोष (moṣa, robber; theft).[4] Alternatively suggested to derive from Proto-Indo-European *mewḱ- (to scratch, tear), whence Lithuanian mùšti (to strike), Ancient Greek ἀμύσσω (amússō, to scratch, tear),[5][6] however this root is dubious.[4][7]

Noun edit

*muštíš m

  1. fist

Declension edit

masculine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *muštíš *muštíH *muštáyas
vocative *muštáy *muštíH *muštáyas
accusative *muštím *muštíH *muštī́n, -ī́š
instrumental *muštíH́ *muštíbʰyām *muštíbʰiš
ablative *muštáyš *muštíbʰyām *muštíbʰyas
dative *muštáyay *muštíbʰyām *muštíbʰyas
genitive *muštáyš *muštyáwš *muštáyām?
locative *muštā́(w)? *muštyáwš *muštíšu

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*mustí-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 255
  2. ^ Grestenberger, Laura (2009) The Vedic i-Stems and internal derivation (master's dissertation)[1], Vienna: Universität Wien, Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, page 114
  3. ^ Janda, Michael (1998) “Die hohle und die geschlossene Hand im Indogermanischen”, in Die Sprache, volume 40, number 1, Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 1-25
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “muṣṭí-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 319-320
  5. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “muṣṭu”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 339
  6. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 389
  7. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mušti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 326-327