Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mr̥ȷ́ʰúš

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥ǵʰús.

Adjective

*mr̥ȷ́ʰúš (comparative *mráȷ́ʰyas, superlative *mráȷ́ʰištʰas)

1. short
2. brief

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mr̥źʰúṣ
  • Vedic Sanskrit: मुहु (múhu, muhú), मुहुर् (múhur) (< earlier *मुर्हु (*múrhu-))
• Proto-Iranian: *mr̥júš
  • Old Avestan: *mōrəzu
    • ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬎𐬘𐬍𐬙𐬌 (mər^əzujīti, “short-lived”)
  • Ossetian: морз (morz, “short”)
  • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *mr̥júkah
    • Old Median: *mr̥zukah
      • → Elamite:

        Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈥𒋢𒊌𒋡 (mar-su-uk-ka₄ /⁠marsuka⁠/)

    • Old Persian: *mr̥dukaʰ
      • → Elamite: 𒈥𒁺𒋡 (mar-du-qa), 𒈥𒁺𒊌𒋡 (mar-du-uk-qa)
    • Proto-Saka: *murzǔgi
      • Khotanese: 𐨨𐨂𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨿𐨒 (mulysgä)
        • ⇒ Khotanese: 𐨨𐨂𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨗𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨌𐨣𐨌 (mulysajisīnā, “short-lived”)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (*mwrzk)
      • ⇒ Sogdian: [script needed] (mwrzkʾpʾδʾ, “short-legged”)
      • ⇒ Sogdian: [script needed] (mwrzkzwʾnʾk, “short-lived”)