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: [Term?] (*mōrəzu)
  - ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬎𐬘𐬍𐬙𐬌 (mər^əzujīti, “short-lived”)
- Ossetian: морз (morz, “short”)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *mr̥júkah^[2]^[3]^[4]
  - Proto-Scythian: *mərzuki
    - Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *murzugi^[3]
      - Proto-Saka: *murzgi
        Khotanese: [script needed] (mulysgä)
        ⇒ Khotanese: [script needed] (mulysajisīnā, “short-lived”)
  - Sogdian: [script needed] (*mwrzk)
    - ⇒ Sogdian: [script needed] (mwrzkʾpʾδʾ, “short-legged”)
    - ⇒ Sogdian: [script needed] (mwrzkzwʾnʾk, “short-lived”)
  - 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)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “múhur”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 212
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2016), Einführung ins Ostmitteliranische [Introduction to East-Central Iranian]‎^[1] (in German), Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, page 17
^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013), Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[2], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 172
^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*mrzuka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[3] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 169

[IAIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “múhur”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[CLI-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 212

[Kummel-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2016), Einführung ins Ostmitteliranische [Introduction to East-Central Iranian]‎^[1] (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)‎^[2], 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)‎^[3] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 169

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