Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mayšás

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *moysós. The original meaning was "fur", later expanded semantically in the late PIE dialects.

Noun[edit]

*mayšás m

  1. ram

Declension[edit]

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mayšás *mayšā́ *mayšā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative *mayša *mayšā́ *mayšā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative *mayšám *mayšā́ *mayšā́ns
instrumental *mayšā́ *mayšáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *mayšā́yš
ablative *mayšā́t *mayšáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *mayšáybʰyas
dative *mayšā́y *mayšáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *mayšáybʰyas
genitive *mayšásya *mayšáyās *mayšā́na(H)m
locative *mayšáy *mayšáyaw *mayšáyšu

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mayṣás
    • Sanskrit: मेष (meṣá) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *mayšáh (see there for further descendants)