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

Derived terms

*moys-to-s[3]
- Proto-Anatolian: *moystos
  - Hittite: 𒈠𒅖𒋫𒀭 (ma-iš-ta-an /maista/, acc.sg.)

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *maišas[4]
- Latvian: màiss
- Lithuanian: maĩšas
- Old Prussian: moasis
- Proto-Slavic: *mě̑xъ (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
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “maisa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), 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] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “maisa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342