Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/máxšiH

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákšiH.

Noun

*máxšiH ~ *maxšyáHh f

1. midge, fly

Related terms

• *makácaH
• *makatah

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬌 (maxši), 𐬨𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬌𐬐𐬀 (maxšika)
    • → Middle Persian:

      Book Pahlavi script: [Term?] (/⁠maxš⁠/)

• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (m̮āta)
  • Sogdian:

    Sogdian script: 𐼺𐼴𐼶𐽁𐼸 (mwxšk /⁠moxšk⁠/)

    Old Sogdian script: 𐼍𐼇𐼄𐼙𐼋 (mwɣšk), 𐼍𐼇𐼄𐼙𐼋𐼁 (mwɣškʾ /⁠muxšk⁠/)

• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Proto-Munji-Yidgha:
    • Munji: [script needed] (mōxši)
    • Yidgha: [script needed] (maxšë)
  • Ormuri:

    Kaniguram: [script needed] (míši)

  • Pashto: مچ (məč, muč, “fly, horsefly”) (or borrowed from Dardic)

    Bangash: مچ (mač)

    Mahsudi: مچ (mač)

    Waziri: مچ (məč)

    • ⇒ Pashto: مچۍ (mučə́y, məčə́y, “bee”)

      Bangash: مچۍ (mačə́y)

      Mahsudi: مچۍ (máčə)

      Southeastern Pashto:

      Bannu: مچکۍ (mačkay)

      Waziri: مچۍ (məčəy)

  • Pashto: ماشه (mā́ša), ماشی (mā́šay, “mosquito; midge”) (< *maxšyáHh)
    • → Semnani: [script needed] (māṣai)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: مێش (mêş)

  • Kermanic: (“mosquito”)

    Abuzeydabadi, Abyanehi, Badrudi, Bidhandi, Farizandi, Qohrudi, Yarandi: mās

    Abyanehi: mōs

  • Kermanic: (“fly”)

    Abyanehi, Bidhandi, Tarehi: māš

    Abyanehi: māša

    Delijani: mās

    Farizandi, Jowshaqani: maš

    Zefrehi: mēš