Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mosgʰós

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

Etymology

Possibly continues earlier *most-gʰ-os, perhaps compare Sanskrit मस्तृहन् (mastṛhan, “brain”), Tocharian B mrestīwe (“marrow”), from *móst-r̥ ~ *mést-n̥s.[1][2]

Probably unrelated with Proto-Dravidian *metVẓ.

Noun

*mosgʰós m[3]

marrow
brain

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*mosgʰós
genitive	*mosgʰósyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mosgʰós	*mosgʰóh₁	*mosgʰóes
vocative	*mosgʰé	*mosgʰóh₁	*mosgʰóes
accusative	*mosgʰóm	*mosgʰóh₁	*mosgʰóms
genitive	*mosgʰósyo	*?	*mosgʰóHom
ablative	*mosgʰéad	*?	*mosgʰómos
dative	*mosgʰóey	*?	*mosgʰómos
locative	mosgʰéy, mosgʰóy	*?	*mosgʰóysu
instrumental	*mosgʰóh₁	*?	*mosgʰṓys

Derived terms

*mosgʰ-ḗn ~ *m̥sgʰ-nés[4][5]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *masgen (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mazǰʰā́ (see there for further descendants)
*mesgʰ-os[6]
- >? Proto-Celtic: *mezgos (“whey”) (see there for further descendants)
*móst-mr̥gʰ-on- (possibly)[7]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mastr̥gʰā́n
  - Sanskrit: मस्तृहन् (mastṛhan)

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *masgás (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *mazgą (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mazgʰás (see there for further descendants)

References

Lubotsky, A.M. (2008a), “Indo-European clusters and compounds: methodology and evidence”, in Lecture held at the 13th Indo-Germanische Fachtagung, 21-27 September 2008, Salzburg
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “mrestīwe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 514-515
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*mosghos”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, pages 185-186
Derksen, Rick (2015), “smagenys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
Lubotsky, Alexander (1988) The System of Nominal Accentuation in Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European‎, Brill, page 110
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mezgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 270
Lubotsky, Alexander (April 22, 2021), “Indo-Iranian *mastr̥ghan- / *mastr̥ǰhan- ‘Brain, Skull’ and its Etymology”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 25, issue 1, Brill, DOI:10.1163/1573384x-20210107, ISSN 1609-8498, pages 66–73

[1] Lubotsky, A.M. (2008a), “Indo-European clusters and compounds: methodology and evidence”, in Lecture held at the 13th Indo-Germanische Fachtagung, 21-27 September 2008, Salzburg

[2] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “mrestīwe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 514-515

[3] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*mosghos”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, pages 185-186

[4] Derksen, Rick (2015), “smagenys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 413

[5] Lubotsky, Alexander (1988) The System of Nominal Accentuation in Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European‎, Brill, page 110

[6] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mezgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 270

[7] Lubotsky, Alexander (April 22, 2021), “Indo-Iranian *mastr̥ghan- / *mastr̥ǰhan- ‘Brain, Skull’ and its Etymology”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 25, issue 1, Brill, DOI:10.1163/1573384x-20210107, ISSN 1609-8498, pages 66–73