Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/māmsám

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 *mēms-ó-m, thematicization of *mḗms, from *mems- (“flesh, meat”).

Noun

*māmsám n

flesh, meat

Declension

neuter a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*māmsam	*māmsay	*māmsaH
vocative	*māmsam	*māmsay	*māmsaH
accusative	*māmsam	*māmsay	*māmsaH
instrumental	*māmsā	*māmsaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*māmsāyš
ablative	*māmsāt	*māmsaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*māmsaybʰyas
dative	*māmsāy	*māmsaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*māmsaybʰyas
genitive	*māmsasya	*māmsayās	*māmsāna(H)m
locative	*māmsay	*māmsayaw	*māmsayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *māmsám
- Sanskrit: मांस (māṃsá) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani: *mā̃sá
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: mús
    
    Kativiri: mús
  - Prasuni: musuk
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: mós
  - Waigali: mus

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