Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HmíčaH

This Proto-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-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][2]

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[3]
- Munji-Yidgha: *mížēgē
  - ⇒ Munji-Yidgha: *mížēgēkē (+ *-kē)
    - Yidgha: [script needed] (mižäɣiko, “thick fog, haze”)
    - Munji: [script needed] (məžaga), [script needed] (məžaɣa, “rainbow”)
- Persian: [script needed] (mizga, “dark sky”)

Descendants

Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: [script needed] (muǰ, muž)
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: mij (miž), muj (muž, “mist”)
  - → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܝܫ‎ (miš),
  - → Armenian: մուժ (muž), մըժ (məž) (dialectal)
  - → Turkish: mij (dialectal)
- Medo-Parthian: *míǰā
  - Old Median: *míǰā
    - Middle Median: mḗž (merger with *mḗɣ (“cloud, mist”))
      - Kermanic:
        Barazoki, Bijegani, Van Abad, Gazi, Valujerdi: mēž‎
  - Zazaki: miž

Unsorted formations

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

References

Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 140—142
Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications
Morgenstierne, George (1938) Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume II, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 230

[ESIJa-1] Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 140—142

[2] Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications

[3] Morgenstierne, George (1938) Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume II, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 230