Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/miždʰám

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós (“reward”), from *mey- (“to exchange (gifts)”) +‎ *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put”) +‎ *-ós (deverbal suffix). Cognate with Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós, “reward”), Proto-Slavic *mьzda (“payment”), Proto-Germanic *mizdō (“reward”).

Noun

*miždʰám n

1. reward

Declension

neuter a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*miždʰám	*miždʰáy	*miždʰáH
vocative	*miždʰám	*miždʰáy	*miždʰáH
accusative	*miždʰám	*miždʰáy	*miždʰáH
instrumental	*miždʰā́	*miždʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*miždʰā́yš
ablative	*miždʰā́t	*miždʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*miždʰáybʰyas
dative	*miždʰā́y	*miždʰáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*miždʰáybʰyas
genitive	*miždʰásya	*miždʰáyās	*miždʰā́na(H)m
locative	*miždʰáy	*miždʰáyaw	*miždʰáyšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *miẓḍʰám
  • Sanskrit: मीळ्ह (mīḷhá), मीढ (mīḍhá)
• Proto-Iranian: *miždám
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀 (mīžda)
  • Northern Kurdish: miz
  • Ossetian: мызд (myzd)
  • Parthian: 𐫖𐫇𐫋𐫅 (mwjd /⁠mužd⁠/)
  • Old Persian: [script needed] (*mižda)
    • Middle Persian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫏𐫉𐫅 (myzd /⁠mizd⁠/)

      • Persian: مزد (mozd)