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]

ram, sheep (= *h₂ówis)
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, moysóbʰos
dative	*moysóey	*?	moysómos, moysóbʰos
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
  - Faroese: meis
  - Norwegian: meis
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mayšás (“sheep, ram”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “moiso-s”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 747
^ 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”
^ 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
^ 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
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “maisa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342

[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

[EDPG-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “maisa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342

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