Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/máxšiH

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Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákšiH.

Noun

*máxšiH ~ *maxšyáHh f[1][2][3]

  1. midge, fly

Descendants

  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬌 (maxši), 𐬨𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬌𐬐𐬀 (maxšika)
      • → Middle Persian:
        Book Pahlavi script: (/⁠maxš⁠/)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Munji-Yidgha:
      • Munji: (mōxši)
      • Yidgha: (maxšë)
    • Ormuri:
      Kaniguram: (míši)
    • Pashto: مچ (məč, muč, “fly, horsefly”) (or borrowed from Dardic[4])
      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: (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

References

  1. ^ Efimov, Valentin Aleksandrovič (2011) The Ormuri Language in Past and Present (FLI Language and Culture Series)‎, volume 6, Islamabad: Forum for Language Initiatives, page 290: “*máxšī”
  2. ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 178
  3. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “m̮āta-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 328
  4. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1927) “mač”, in An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskapsakademi i Oslo; 3), Oslo: J. Dybwad, page 43
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