Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mayū́kʰas

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

Possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate.^[1]

Noun

*mayū́kʰas m

peg, nail

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mayū́kʰas	*mayū́kʰā(w)	*mayū́kʰās(as)
vocative	*mayū́kʰa	*mayū́kʰā(w)	*mayū́kʰās(as)
accusative	*mayū́kʰam	*mayū́kʰā(w)	*mayū́kʰāns
instrumental	*mayū́kʰaH	*mayū́kʰaybʰyā(m)	*mayū́kʰāyš
ablative	*mayū́kʰāt	*mayū́kʰaybʰyā(m)	*mayū́kʰaybʰyas
dative	*mayū́kʰāy	*mayū́kʰaybʰyā(m)	*mayū́kʰaybʰyas
genitive	*mayū́kʰasya	*mayū́kʰayās	*mayū́kʰānaHam
locative	*mayū́kʰay	*mayū́kʰayaw	*mayū́kʰayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mayū́kʰas
- Sanskrit: मयूख (mayū́kha)
Proto-Iranian: *mayū́xah
- Old Persian: 𐎶𐎹𐎧 (m-y-x /⁠mayūxa⁠/)
  - Middle Persian: myh (mēx)
    - Persian: میخ (mix)
      - → Bashkir: мыҡ (mıq)
      - → Azerbaijani: mıx
      - → Armenian: մեխ (mex)
      - → Crimean Tatar: mıh
      - → Hindi: मेख़ (mex)
      - → Ottoman Turkish: میخ (mıh)
        Turkish: mıh
        → Armenian: մըխ (məx)
      - → Uyghur: مىخ (mix)
      - → Urdu: میخ (mex)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎^[1], Helsinki

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎^[1], Helsinki

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