Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mr̥ȷ́ʰúš

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

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥ǵʰús.

Adjective

*mr̥ȷ́ʰúš (comparative *mráȷ́ʰyas, superlative *mráȷ́ʰištʰas)[1]

short
brief

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mr̥źʰúṣ
- Vedic Sanskrit: मुहु (múhu, muhú), मुहुर् (múhur) (< earlier *मुर्हु (*múrhu-)[1])
Proto-Iranian: *mr̥júš[2][1]
- Old Avestan: *mōrəzu
  - ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬎𐬘𐬍𐬙𐬌 (mər^əzujīti, “short-lived”)
- Ossetian: морз (morz, “short”)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *mr̥júkah[2][3][4]
  - Old Median: *mr̥zukah
    - → Elamite:
      Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈥𒋢𒊌𒋡 (mar-su-uk-ka₄ /⁠marsuka⁠/)
  - Old Persian: *mr̥dukaʰ[5]
    - → Elamite: 𒈥𒁺𒋡 (mar-du-qa), 𒈥𒁺𒊌𒋡 (mar-du-uk-qa)
  - Proto-Saka: *murzǔgi[3]
    - Khotanese: 𐨨𐨂𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨿𐨒 (mulysgä)
      - ⇒ Khotanese: 𐨨𐨂𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨗𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨌𐨣𐨌 (mulysajisīnā, “short-lived”)
  - Sogdian: [script needed] (*mwrzk)
    - ⇒ Sogdian: [script needed] (mwrzkʾpʾδʾ, “short-legged”)
    - ⇒ Sogdian: [script needed] (mwrzkzwʾnʾk, “short-lived”)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “múhur”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 212
Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2016) Einführung ins Ostmitteliranische [Introduction to East-Central Iranian]‎ (in German), Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, page 17
Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 172
Hinz, Walther (1975) “*mrzuka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 169

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[IAIL-1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “múhur”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[CLI-2] Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 212

[Kummel-3] Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2016) Einführung ins Ostmitteliranische [Introduction to East-Central Iranian]‎ (in German), Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, page 17

[4] Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 172

[Hinz-5] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*mrzuka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 169