< Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian

Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HmíčaH

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

Etymology

Innovated from feminine *Hmíčas (compare Sanskrit स्नुषा (snuṣā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snušás f), thematicized from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmíčš ~ *Hmiǰʰás (compare Proto-Iranian *pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃méygʰ-s ~ *h₃migʰ-és, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”) +‎ *-s.

Noun

*HmíčaH or *Hmíčas f[1][2]

  1. mist, fog

Declension
aH-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *HmíčaH *Hmíčay *Hmíčās
vocative *Hmíčay *Hmíčay *Hmíčās
accusative *Hmíčām *Hmíčay *Hmíčās
instrumental *HmíčayaH *HmíčaHbʰyā(m) *HmíčaHbʰiš
ablative *HmíčayaHs *HmíčaHbʰyā(m) *HmíčaHbʰyas
dative *HmíčayaHy *HmíčaHbʰyā(m) *HmíčaHbʰyas
genitive *HmíčayaHs *Hmíčāyās *HmíčaHnām
locative *HmíčayaH(m) *Hmíčāyaw *HmíčaHsu
  • *Hmaygáh

Derived terms
  • *HmíčākaH[3]
    • Proto-Munji-Yidgha: *mížēgē
      • ⇒ Proto-Munji-Yidgha: *mížēgēkē (+ *-kē)
        • Yidgha: [script needed] (mižäɣiko, “thick fog, haze”)
        • Munji: [script needed] (məžaga), [script needed] (məžaɣa, “rainbow”)
    • Persian: مزگه (mezga, “dark sky”)

Descendants
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: [script needed] (muǰ, muž)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: mij (miž), muj (muž, “mist”)
      • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܝܼܫܹܐ (miš), ܡܝܼܫܹܐ (mišše)
      • → Armenian: մուժ (muž), մըժ (məž) (dialectal)
      • → Turkish: mij (dialectal)
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian: *míǰā
      • Old Median: *míǰā
        • Middle Median: mḗž (merger with *mḗɣ (“cloud, mist”))
          • → Classical Persian: مژ (muž /⁠mist;fog; cloud⁠/) [4]
          • Kermanic:
            Barazoki, Bijegani, Van Abad, Gazi, Valujerdi: mēž
      • Zazaki: miž
Unsorted formations
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (myo), [script needed] (myau, “storm”)

References
  1. Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 140—142
  2. Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications
  3. Morgenstierne, Georg (1938) Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume II, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 230
  4. , Dehkhoda Dictionary "مژ" .
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.