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 *múHs.

Noun

*múHs^[1]

mouse

Inflection

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*múHs	*múHsā(w)	*múHsas
vocative	*múHs	*múHsā(w)	*múHsas
accusative	*múHsam	*múHsā(w)	*múHsas
instrumental	*múHsaH	*múHzbʰyā(m)	*múHzbʰiš
ablative	*múHsas	*múHzbʰyā(m)	*múHzbʰyaH
dative	*múHsay	*múHzbʰyā(m)	*múHzbʰyaH
genitive	*múHsas	*múHsHās	*múHsaHam
locative	*múHsi	*múHsHaw	*múHsu

Reconstruction notes

Nuristani's lack of the ruki rule in this word implies that the laryngeal originally blocked ruki from being triggered by the *u. Only after the laryngeal was lost in non-Nuristani languages did the ruki rule apply.

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *múHs
- Sanskrit: मूष् f or m (mū́ṣ), मूष (mūṣa)
  - Pali: mūsī
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindi: मूस (mūs)
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

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

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

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