Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mr̥ȷ́ʰúš

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 *mr̥ǵʰús.

Adjective

*mr̥ȷ́ʰúš (comparative *mráȷ́ʰyas, superlative *mráȷ́ʰištʰas)[1]

  1. short
  2. brief

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mr̥źʰúṣ
  • Proto-Iranian: *mr̥júš[2][1]
    • Old Avestan: [Term?] (*mōrəzu)
      • ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬎𐬘𐬍𐬙𐬌 (mərəzujīti, “short-lived”)
    • Ossetian: морз (morz, “short”)
    • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *mr̥júkah[2][3][4]
      • Old Median: *mr̥zukah
        • → Elamite:
          Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈥𒋢𒊌𒋡 (mar-su-uk-ka₄ /⁠marsuka⁠/)
      • Old Persian: *mr̥dukaʰ[5]
        • → Elamite: 𒈥𒁺𒋡 (mar-du-qa), 𒈥𒁺𒊌𒋡 (mar-du-uk-qa)
      • Proto-Saka: *murzǔgi[3]
        • Khotanese: 𐨨𐨂𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨿𐨒 (mulysgä)
          • ⇒ Khotanese: 𐨨𐨂𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨗𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨌𐨣𐨌 (mulysajisīnā, “short-lived”)
      • Sogdian: [script needed] (*mwrzk)
        • ⇒ Sogdian: [script needed] (mwrzkʾpʾδʾ, “short-legged”)
        • ⇒ Sogdian: [script needed] (mwrzkzwʾnʾk, “short-lived”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “múhur”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum‎[1], Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 212
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2016) Einführung ins Ostmitteliranische [Introduction to East-Central Iranian]‎[2] (in German), Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, page 17
  4. ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎[3], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 172
  5. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*mrzuka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[4] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 169
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