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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/moysós

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Noun

*moysós[1][2]

  1. ram, sheep (= *h₂ówis)
  2. sheepskin, fleece, wool

Inflection

Thematic
singular
nominative *moysós
genitive *moysósyo
singular dual plural
nominative *moysós *moysóh₁ *moysóes
vocative *moysé *moysóh₁ *moysóes
accusative *moysóm *moysóh₁ *moysóms
genitive *moysósyo *? *moysóHom
ablative *moyséad *? *moysómos
dative *moysóey *? *moysómos
locative *moyséy, *moysóy *? *moysóysu
instrumental *moysóh₁ *? *moysṓys

Derived terms

  • *moys-to-s[3]
    • Proto-Anatolian: *moystos
      • Hittite: 𒈠𒅖𒋫𒀭 (ma-iš-ta-an /⁠maista⁠/, acc.sg.)

Descendants

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *maišás[4] (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *maisaz (backpack), *maisō[5]
    • Proto-West Germanic: *mais, *maisu
      • Proto-West Germanic: *maisijā[5]
        • Middle Dutch: mese
        • Old High German: meisa, meissa
          • Middle High German: meise
    • Old Norse: meiss
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mayšás (sheep, ram) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “moiso-s”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 747
  2. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 140:*moisós
  3. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “(SÍG)maišta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543
  4. Derksen, Rick (2015) “maišas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 299
  5. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “maisa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342
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