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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/múHs

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 *múh₂s.

Noun

*múHs[1]

  1. mouse

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *múHs
    • Sanskrit: मूष् f or m (mū́ṣ), मूष (mūṣa)
      • Pali: mūsī
      • Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Proto-Iranian: *múHs (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Nuristani: *mūsaká
    • Northern Nuristani:
      • Kamkata-viri:
        Kamviri: musë́
        Kativiri: mësë́
      • Prasuni: mǖsú
    • Southern Nuristani:
      • Ashkun: moṣë́
      • Waigali: pusë (irregular p)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “míṣ-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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