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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mayū́kʰas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Possibly from the BMAC substrate.[1]

Noun

*mayū́kʰas m

  1. peg, nail

Declension
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mayū́kʰas *mayū́kʰā *mayū́kʰā, -ās(as)
vocative *mayū́kʰa *mayū́kʰā *mayū́kʰā, -ās(as)
accusative *mayū́kʰam *mayū́kʰā *mayū́kʰāns
instrumental *mayū́kʰā *mayū́kʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *mayū́kʰāyš
ablative *mayū́kʰāt *mayū́kʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *mayū́kʰaybʰyas
dative *mayū́kʰāy *mayū́kʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *mayū́kʰaybʰyas
genitive *mayū́kʰasya *mayū́kʰayās *mayū́kʰāna(H)m
locative *mayū́kʰay *mayū́kʰayaw *mayū́kʰayšu

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *mayū́kʰas
  • Iranian: *mayū́xah
    • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎹𐎧 (m-y-x /mayūxa/)
      • Middle Persian: myh (mēx)
        • Persian: میخ‎ (mix)
          • → Azerbaijani: mıx
          • → Armenian: մեխ (mex)
          • → Crimean Tatar: mıh
          • → Hindi: मेख़ (mex)
          • → Turkish: mıh
          • → Uyghur: مىخ‎ (mix)
          • → Urdu: میخ‎

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (1999), “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki
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