Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mayū́kʰas

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

Possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate.

Noun

*mayū́kʰas m

1. peg, nail

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mayū́kʰas	*mayū́kʰā	*mayū́kʰā, -ās(as)
vocative	*mayū́kʰa	*mayū́kʰā	*mayū́kʰā, -ās(as)
accusative	*mayū́kʰam	*mayū́kʰā	*mayū́kʰāns
instrumental	*mayū́kʰā	*mayū́kʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*mayū́kʰāyš
ablative	*mayū́kʰāt	*mayū́kʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*mayū́kʰaybʰyas
dative	*mayū́kʰāy	*mayū́kʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*mayū́kʰaybʰyas
genitive	*mayū́kʰasya	*mayū́kʰayās	*mayū́kʰāna(H)m
locative	*mayū́kʰay	*mayū́kʰayaw	*mayū́kʰayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mayū́kʰas
  • Sanskrit: मयूख (mayū́kha)
• Proto-Iranian: *mayū́xah
  • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎹𐎧 (m-y-x /⁠mayūxa⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: myh (mēx)
      • Persian: میخ (mix)
        • → Bashkir: мыҡ (mıq)
        • → Azerbaijani: mıx
        • → Armenian: մեխ (mex)
        • → Crimean Tatar: mıh
        • → Hindi: मेख़ (mex)
        • → Ottoman Turkish: میخ (mıh)
          • Turkish: mıh
          • → Armenian: մըխ (məx)
        • → Uyghur: مىخ (mix)
        • → Urdu: میخ (mex)