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

reward

Declension

neuter a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*miždʰám	*miždʰáy	*miždʰáH
vocative	*míždʰam	*míždʰay	*míždʰaH
accusative	*miždʰám	*miždʰáy	*miždʰáH
instrumental	*miždʰáH	*miždʰáybʰyā(m)	*miždʰā́yš
ablative	*miždʰā́t	*miždʰáybʰyā(m)	*miždʰáybʰyas
dative	*miždʰā́y	*miždʰáybʰyā(m)	*miždʰáybʰyas
genitive	*miždʰásya	*miždʰáyās	*miždʰā́naHam
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)