Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mriyátay

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 earlier *mr̥yátay, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥-yé-tor, from *mer- (“to die”).

Verb

*mriyátay

1. to die

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mriyátay
  • Sanskrit: म्रियते (mriyáte)
    • Dardic:
      • Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (mi)
      • Khowar: [script needed] (brik)
      • Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (miryōnu)
      • Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (bli)
      • Kashmiri: مَرُن (marun)
      • Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (le)
      • Shina: [script needed] (miroiki)
      • Shumashti: [script needed] (lī)
      • Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (le)
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Sinhalese: මියනවා (miyanawā)
    • Pali: mīyati, miyyati
• Proto-Iranian: *mriyátay
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬙𐬈 (miriiete, 3sg.pres.med.ind.)
  • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎶𐎼𐎡𐎹𐎫𐎠 (a-m-r-i-y-t-a /⁠am(a)riyatā⁠/, 3sg.impf.med.ind.)
• Proto-Nuristani: *mriyáte
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: mře

      Kativiri: mře

  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: mře
    • Waigali: mře

References

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*mar¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 264-5