Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méǵh₂yōs
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This Proto-Indo-European 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-European
editEtymology
editFrom the adjective *méǵh₂s (“big, great”) + *-yōs (intensive suffix).
Adjective
edit*méǵh₂yōs
Inflection
edit| Athematic, acrostatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | *méǵh₂yōs | *méǵh₂yesih₂ | |
| genitive | *méǵh₂isos | *méǵh₂isyeh₂s | |
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *méǵh₂yōs | *méǵh₂yosh₁(e) | *méǵh₂yoses |
| vocative | *méǵh₂yos | *méǵh₂yosh₁(e) | *méǵh₂yoses |
| accusative | *méǵh₂yosm̥ | *méǵh₂yosh₁(e) | *méǵh₂yosm̥s |
| genitive | *méǵh₂isos | *? | *méǵh₂isoHom |
| ablative | *méǵh₂isos | *? | *méǵh₂ismos, *méǵh₂isbʰos |
| dative | *méǵh₂isey | *? | *méǵh₂ismos, *méǵh₂isbʰos |
| locative | *méǵh₂yés, *méǵh₂yési | *? | *méǵh₂isu |
| instrumental | *méǵh₂ish₁ | *? | *méǵh₂ismis, *méǵh₂isbʰis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *méǵh₂yesih₂ | *méǵh₂yesih₂h₁(e) | *méǵh₂yesih₂es |
| vocative | *méǵh₂yesih₂ | *méǵh₂yesih₂h₁(e) | *méǵh₂yesih₂es |
| accusative | *méǵh₂yesih₂m̥ | *méǵh₂yesih₂h₁(e) | *méǵh₂yesih₂m̥s |
| genitive | *méǵh₂isyeh₂s | *? | *méǵh₂isyeh₂oHom |
| ablative | *méǵh₂isyeh₂s | *? | *méǵh₂isyeh₂mos, *méǵh₂isyeh₂bʰos |
| dative | *méǵh₂isyeh₂ey | *? | *méǵh₂isyeh₂mos, *méǵh₂isyeh₂bʰos |
| locative | *méǵh₂isyeh₂, *méǵh₂isyeh₂i | *? | *méǵh₂isyeh₂su |
| instrumental | *méǵh₂isyeh₂h₁ | *? | *méǵh₂isyeh₂mis, *méǵh₂isyeh₂bʰis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *méǵh₂yos | *méǵh₂yosih₁ | *méǵh₂yōs |
| vocative | *méǵh₂yos | *méǵh₂yosih₁ | *méǵh₂yōs |
| accusative | *méǵh₂yos | *méǵh₂yosih₁ | *méǵh₂yōs |
| genitive | *méǵh₂isos | *? | *méǵh₂isoHom |
| ablative | *méǵh₂isos | *? | *méǵh₂ismos, *méǵh₂isbʰos |
| dative | *méǵh₂isey | *? | *méǵh₂ismos, *méǵh₂isbʰos |
| locative | *méǵh₂yés, *méǵh₂yési | *? | *méǵh₂isu |
| instrumental | *méǵh₂ish₁ | *? | *méǵh₂ismis, *méǵh₂isbʰis |
Derived terms
edit- *méǵh₂-is-to-s (“biggest”)
- Proto-Hellenic: *mégistos
- Ancient Greek: μέγιστος (mégistos)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *maȷ́ʰištʰas
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *máźʰiṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: महिष्ठ (máhiṣṭha)
- Proto-Iranian: *májištas
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (mazišta)
- Parthian: (/masišt/)
- Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (msyšt)
- Old Persian: [Term?] (/*maθista/)
- Middle Persian: (/mehist/)
- Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (mhyst)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (msst')
- Classical Persian: مهست (mehest, “greatest, biggest”)
- Middle Persian: (/mehist/)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *máźʰiṣṭʰas
- Proto-Hellenic: *mégistos
- *méǵh₂-is-tero-s
- >? Proto-Italic: *magisteros (see there for further descendants)
- *m(e)ǵh₂-is-m̥mo-
- Proto-Italic: *magisVmos