Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/múh₂s

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 edit

Noun edit

*múh₂s

  1. mouse

Inflection edit

Athematic, hysterokinetic
singular
nominative *múh₂s
genitive *muh₂sés
singular dual plural
nominative *múh₂s *múh₂sh₁(e) *múh₂ses
vocative *múh₂s *múh₂sh₁(e) *múh₂ses
accusative *múh₂sm̥ *múh₂sh₁(e) *múh₂sm̥s
genitive *muh₂sés *? *muh₂sóHom
ablative *muh₂sés *? *muh₂smós
dative *muh₂séy *? *muh₂smós
locative *múh₂s, *múh₂si *? *muh₂sú
instrumental *muh₂séh₁ *? *muh₂smís

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Albanian: *mū-
    • Albanian: mi m
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: մուկն (mukn) (possibly from *muh₂s-m̥ (accusative singular))
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mū́ˀšis (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *mūs (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *mū́s
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *múHs (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *mūs
    • Latin: mūs (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  • Bailey, H. W. (1979), “mūla-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 337ab
  • Abajev, V. I. (1973), “myst | mistæ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 142–143