Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/marwíš

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/marwíš

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

From Proto-Indo-European *morwís.

The forms for Indo-Aryan (*warmíš, *wamrás), are from Proto-Indo-European *worm-. Compare Ancient Greek ὅρμικας (hórmikas, “ants”, pl.), Tocharian B warme.

Noun

*marwíš m

1. ant

Declension

masculine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*marwíš	*marwíH	*marwáyas
vocative	*marwáy	*marwíH	*marwáyas
accusative	*marwím	*marwíH	*marwī́n, -ī́š
instrumental	*marwíH́	*marwíbʰyām	*marwíbʰiš
ablative	*marwáyš	*marwíbʰyām	*marwíbʰyas
dative	*marwáyay	*marwíbʰyām	*marwíbʰyas
genitive	*marwáyš	*marwyáwš	*marwáyām?
locative	*marwā́(w)?	*marwyáwš	*marwíšu

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *wamrás, *warmíṣ (reshaped due to taboo)
  • Sanskrit: वम्र (vamrá, “ant”)

    ⇒ Sanskrit: वम्रिय (vamriya, “anthill”)

• Iranian: *marwíš
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬭𐬌‎ (maoiri), 𐬨𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬭𐬍‎ (maoirī)
  • Baluchi: مور‎ (mor)
  • Gurani: مرۆچە‎ (mirɔča)
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: mêrî, mêrû, mîrî, mîro, morî, mûrî, mûrû

    Central Kurdish: مێروو‎ (mêrû), مێروولە‎ (mêrûle), مرۆچە‎ (mirōča)

    Southern Kurdish: مرۊژ‎ (mirüž)

    Laki: میرووژ‎ (mīrūž)

  • Middle Persian: mwl (mōr)[1]
    • Persian: مور‎ (môr, mur), مورچه‎ (môrča, murče)
    • Tajik: мӯрча (mürča)
  • Zazaki: morcela (mōrǰāla)

Derived terms

• *marwikás, *warmī́kás
  • Indo-Aryan: *warmī́kas, *walmī́kas
    • Sanskrit: वल्मीक (valmī́ka, “anthill”)
      • Pali: vammika, vammīka
      • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀅 (vammia), 𑀯𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀻𑀅 (vammīa)
        • Hindi: बामी (bāmī, “anthill”)
  • Iranian: *marwikáh
    • Ossetian: мӕлдзыг (mælʒyg), мӕлдзыг (mælʒyg)
    • Pashto: مېږى‎ (meģáy)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (ymʾwrc)
• *marwakás, *wamrakás
  • Indo-Aryan: *wamrakás
    • Sanskrit: वम्रक (vamraká)
  • Iranian: *marwakáh
    • Chorasmian: zmwrk‎
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (muṃjaka)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (zmʾwrʾk /zmōrē/)

References

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 24
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages‎, London: Oxford University Press
• Michiel Arnoud Cor de Vaan, The Avestan Vowels

1. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press