Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HmíčaH

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

Innovated from feminine *Hmíčas (compare Sanskrit स्नुषा (snuṣā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snušás f), thematicized from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmíčš ~ *Hmiǰʰás (compare Proto-Iranian *pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃méygʰ-s ~ *h₃migʰ-és, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”) +‎ *-s.

Noun

*HmíčaH or *Hmíčas f

1. mist, fog

Declension

aH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*HmíčaH	*Hmíčay	*Hmíčās
vocative	*Hmíčay	*Hmíčay	*Hmíčās
accusative	*Hmíčām	*Hmíčay	*Hmíčās
instrumental	*HmíčayaH	*HmíčaHbʰyā(m)	*HmíčaHbʰiš
ablative	*HmíčayaHs	*HmíčaHbʰyā(m)	*HmíčaHbʰyas
dative	*HmíčayaHy	*HmíčaHbʰyā(m)	*HmíčaHbʰyas
genitive	*HmíčayaHs	*Hmíčāyās	*HmíčaHnām
locative	*HmíčayaH(m)	*Hmíčāyaw	*HmíčaHsu

Related terms

• *Hmaygáh

Derived terms

• *HmíčākaH
  • Proto-Munji-Yidgha: *mížēgē
    • ⇒ Proto-Munji-Yidgha: *mížēgēkē (+ *-kē)
      • Yidgha: [script needed] (mižäɣiko, “thick fog, haze”)
      • Munji: [script needed] (məžaga), [script needed] (məžaɣa, “rainbow”)
  • Persian: مزگه (mezga, “dark sky”)

Descendants

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Baluchi: [script needed] (muǰ, muž)
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: mij (miž), muj (muž, “mist”)

    • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܝܼܫܹܐ (miš), ܡܝܼܫܹܐ (mišše)
    • → Armenian: մուժ (muž), մըժ (məž) — Van, Mush, Çatak, Dersim, Kiğı, Moks (dialectal)
    • → Turkish: mij (dialectal)

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian: *míǰā
    • Old Median: *míǰā
      • Middle Median: mḗž (merger with *mḗɣ (“cloud, mist”))
        • → Classical Persian: مژ (muž /⁠mist;fog; cloud⁠/)
        • Kermanic:

          Barazoki, Bijegani, Van Abad, Gazi, Valujerdi: mēž

    • Zazaki: miž

Unsorted formations

• Khotanese: [script needed] (myo), [script needed] (myau, “storm”)