Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/muštíš

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 *méws-ti-s ~ *mus-téy-s (fist), cognate with Tocharian B maśce (fist),[1] and possibly Ancient Greek ἀμυστί (amustí, withouth closing (one's mouth)) (from *n̥-mus-ti(h₁)), from *mews- (to shut) +‎ *-tis,[2] whence Ancient Greek μῡ́ω (mū́ō, to shut, close), Hittite [script needed] (muš-, to eat one's fill, literally to close the mouth?),[3] perhaps further connected to Sanskrit मोष (moṣa, robber; theft).[4] Alternatively suggested to derive from Proto-Indo-European *mewḱ- (to scratch, tear), whence Lithuanian mùšti (to strike), Ancient Greek ἀμύσσω (amússō, to scratch, tear),[5][6] however this root is dubious.[4][7]

Noun

*muštíš m

  1. fist

Declension

masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *muštíš *muštíH *muštáyas
vocative *múštay *múštiH *múštayas
accusative *muštím *muštíH *muštínš
instrumental *muštíH *muštíbʰyā(m) *muštíbʰiš
ablative *muštáyš *muštíbʰyā(m) *muštíbʰyas
dative *muštáyay *muštíbʰyā(m) *muštíbʰyas
genitive *muštáyš *muštiyā́s *muštiHnáHam
locative *muštā́y *muštiyáw *muštíšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *muṣṭíṣ
  • Proto-Iranian: *muštiš
    • Avestan: 𐬨𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬌 (mušti)
    • Proto-Scythian: *muštu (< acc.sg. *muštím)
      • Ossetian: мустучъи (mustuḱ’i)
      • Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *muṣtu
        • Khotanese: [script needed] (muṣṭu)
        • Wakhi: məst
    • Central Kurdish: مست (mist)
    • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mwšt' /⁠mušt⁠/)
      • Persian: مشت (mošt)
        • Tajik: мушт (mušt)
    • Georgian: მუშტი (mušṭi)
    • ? Kyrgyz: муштум (muştum)
    • ? Uzbek: musht

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*mustí-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 255
  2. ^ Grestenberger, Laura (2009) The Vedic i-Stems and internal derivation (master's dissertation)[1], Vienna: Universität Wien, Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, page 114
  3. ^ Janda, Michael (1998) “Die hohle und die geschlossene Hand im Indogermanischen”, in Die Sprache, volume 40, number 1, Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 1-25
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “muṣṭí-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 319-320
  5. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “muṣṭu”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 339
  6. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 389
  7. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mušti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 326-327