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

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mustí-. Compare Tocharian B maśce.

Noun

*muštíš m

1. fist

Declension

masculine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*muštíš	*muštíH	*muštáyas
vocative	*muštáy	*muštíH	*muštáyas
accusative	*muštím	*muštíH	*muštī́n, -ī́š
instrumental	*muštíH́	*muštíbʰyām	*muštíbʰiš
ablative	*muštáyš	*muštíbʰyām	*muštíbʰyas
dative	*muštáyay	*muštíbʰyām	*muštíbʰyas
genitive	*muštáyš	*muštyáwš	*muštáyām?
locative	*muštā́(w)?	*muštyáwš	*muštíšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *muṣṭíṣ
  • Sanskrit: मुष्टि (muṣṭí) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *muštiš
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬌 (mušti)
  • Central Kurdish: مست (mist)
  • Old Persian: [script needed] (*mušti)
    • Middle Persian: mwšt' (mušt)
      • Persian: مشت‎ (mošt)
        • Tajik: мушт (mušt)
  • → Georgian: მუშტი (mušṭi)
  • →? Kyrgyz: муштум (muştum)
  • →? Uzbek: musht