Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mićrás

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mićrás

From Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-ró-s, from *meyḱ- (“to mix”).

Adjective

*mićrás

mixed

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *miśrás
- Sanskrit: मिश्र (miśrá)
  - Dardic:
    - Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (miẓ, “beginning, joined”)
    - Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (miẓ, “beginning, joined”)
    - Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (miẓ, “beginning, joined”)
    - Southwest Pashayi: [script needed] (miẓ, “beginning, joined”)
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Sinhalese: මුසු (musu), මුහු (muhu)
  - Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (missa), 𑀫𑀻𑀲 (mīsa)
    - Assamese: মিহ (mih)
    - Bengali: মেশা (meśa)
    - Odia: ମିସା (misā)
  - Pali: missa
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (missa), 𑀫𑀻𑀲 (mīsa)
    - Hindi: मिस्सा (missā)
    - Nepali: मिस (mis, “mixing, mixture”), मास (mās, “mixing, mixture”)
    - Punjabi: ਮਿੱਸਾ (missā, “made of mixed grains”), ਮਿੱਸ (missa, “mixture of two grains in a crop”)
    - Sindhi: मिसो (miso, “made of mixed grains”)
Proto-Nuristani: *miššrá (“with”)
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: meṣ (“with”)
    
    Kativiri: meṣ (“with”)
  - Prasuni: mëṣí (“with”)
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: míš (“with”)