Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mr̥tyúš

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 *mer- (“to die”).

Noun

*mr̥tyúš m^[1]

death

Inflection

masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mr̥tyúš	*mr̥tyúH	*mr̥tyáwas
vocative	*mŕ̥tyaw	*mŕ̥tyuH	*mŕ̥tyawas
accusative	*mr̥tyúm	*mr̥tyúH	*mr̥tyúnš
instrumental	*mr̥tyúH	*mr̥tyúbʰyā(m)	*mr̥tyúbʰiš
ablative	*mr̥tyáwš	*mr̥tyúbʰyā(m)	*mr̥tyúbʰyas
dative	*mr̥tyáway	*mr̥tyúbʰyā(m)	*mr̥tyúbʰyas
genitive	*mr̥tyáwš	*mr̥tyuwā́s	*mr̥tyuHnáHam
locative	*mr̥tyā́w	*mr̥tyuwáw	*mr̥tyúšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mr̥tyúṣ
- Sanskrit: मृत्यु (mṛtyú) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *mr̥θyúš
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬎 (mər^əθiiu)
- Old Persian: 𐎶𐎼𐏁𐎡𐎹 (m-r-š-i-y /⁠məršiyu⁠/)
- Parthian: [Term?] (/⁠*marh(u)⁠/)
  - → Old Armenian: մարհ (marh)
    - ⇒ Old Armenian: մահ (mah)

References

^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1952: “*mr̥t-i̯ú-”

[1] Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1952: “*mr̥t-i̯ú-”

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