Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mayšáh

This Proto-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-Iranian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós.

Noun edit

*mayšáh m^[1]

sheep, ram

Inflection edit

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mayšáh	*mayšā́	*mayšā́
vocative	*mayša	*mayšā́	*mayšā́
accusative	*mayšám	*mayšā́	*mayšā́nh
instrumental	*mayšā́	*mayšáybyaH	*mayšā́yš
ablative	*mayšā́t	*mayšáybyaH	*mayšáybyah
dative	*mayšā́y	*mayšáybyaH	*mayšáybyah
genitive	*mayšáhya	*mayšáyāh	*mayšā́nam
locative	*mayšáy	*mayšáyaw	*mayšáyšu

Descendants edit

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (maēša)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Khwarezmian: [script needed] (ʾmh)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Ormuri: [script needed] (mēī), [script needed] (maī)
- Proto-Pathan:
  - Pashto: مږ (maģ, meģ), مګ m (mag, “ram, sheep”)
  - Waneci: [script needed] (meyž, “sheep”)
- Proto-Munji-Yidgha:
  - Munji: [script needed] (mə́ya), [script needed] (mə́y, “argali”)
  - Yidgha: [script needed] (mūo)
- Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji:
  - Proto-Sanglechi-Ishkashimi:
    - Ishkashimi: [script needed] (mel)
    - Sanglechi: [script needed] (mēl)
  - Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami:
    - Proto-Shughni-Roshani:
      - Sarikoli: [script needed] (mɛwl)
      - Shughni: маг̌ (maɣ̌), (Bartangi, Oroshori) ма̄в̌ (māw), (Khufi, Roshani) мев̌ (mēw)
        → Wakhi: may (“sheep”)
    - Yazghulami: мав̌ (maw, “sheep”), мув̌ (muw, “ram”)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: میش (mēš)
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: mih, mî, mîh
  
  Central Kurdish: مێ (mê)
  
  Southern Kurdish: میە (mye)
  
  Laki: مێ (mê)
- Parthian: 𐫖𐫏𐫢 (myš /⁠mēš⁠/)
- Zaza-Gorani:
  Gurani: مەی (may)
  
  Zazaki: meşna (mašnā)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *maiša
  - Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (HLLN /⁠mēš⁠/), [script needed] (myš)
    - Classical Persian: میش (mēš)

References edit

^ Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) “may”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN

[1] Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) “may”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN

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