Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mosgʰós

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

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Etymology

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    Possibly continues earlier *most-gʰ-os, perhaps compare Sanskrit मस्तृहन् (mastṛhan, brain), Tocharian B mrestīwe (marrow), from *móst-r̥ ~ *mést-n̥s.[1][2]

    Noun

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    *mosgʰós m (non-ablauting)[3]

    1. marrow
    2. brain

    Inflection

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    Thematic
    singular
    nominative *mosgʰós
    genitive *mosgʰósyo
    singular dual plural
    nominative *mosgʰós *mosgʰóh₁ *mosgʰóes
    vocative *mosgʰé *mosgʰóh₁ *mosgʰóes
    accusative *mosgʰóm *mosgʰóh₁ *mosgʰóms
    genitive *mosgʰósyo *? *mosgʰóHom
    ablative *mosgʰéad *? *mosgʰómos
    dative *mosgʰóey *? *mosgʰómos
    locative *mosgʰéy, *mosgʰóy *? *mosgʰóysu
    instrumental *mosgʰóh₁ *? *mosgʰṓys

    Derived terms

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    • *mosgʰ-ḗn ~ *m̥sgʰ-nés[4][5]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *masgen (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mazǰʰā́ (see there for further descendants)
    • *mesgʰ-os[6]
      • >? Proto-Celtic: *mezgos (whey) (see there for further descendants)
    • *móst-mr̥gʰ-on- (possibly)[7]

    Descendants

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    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *masgás (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *mazgą (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mazgʰás (see there for further descendants)

    References

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    1. ^ Lubotsky, A.M. (2008) “Indo-European clusters and compounds: methodology and evidence”, in Lecture held at the 13th Indo-Germanische Fachtagung, 21-27 September 2008, Salzburg
    2. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “mrestīwe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 514-515
    3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*mosghos”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, pages 185-186
    4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “smagenys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
    5. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1988) The System of Nominal Accentuation in Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European[1], Brill, page 110
    6. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mezgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 270
    7. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2021 April 22) “Indo-Iranian *mastr̥ghan- / *mastr̥ǰhan- ‘Brain, Skull’ and its Etymology”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 25, number 1, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 66–73