Cognate Set 5031 – Meaning: fly_N

IE-CoR reference form:
*mus-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Hellenic, Albanian, Balto-Slavic, and Italic lexemes derived from PIE *mus- 'fly, gnat', cf. Beekes 2010:976, Demiraj 1997:270, Orel 1998:268, ALEW 673-674, Derksen 2015:326, ESSJa 20:170-172, Derksen 2008:330-331, de Vaan 2008:397).
Found in clades:
Albanian, Baltic, Hellenic, Italic, Slavic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 5 clades by 58 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
6   Greek: Ancient mỹa μῦα mŷːa mŷːa G.sg. μῦας Ion. μυῖα.
8   Greek: Modern Std mýga μύγα ˈmiɣa ˈmiɣa
90   Polabian mauxo, maixo mauˈxɔ, maiˈxɔ mauˈxo, maiˈxo Two different forms reflect different dialectal pronunciation.
124   Latin musca ˈmuska ˈmuska G.sg. muscae
89   Kashubian mùcha ˈmwɘ̟xɑ̈ ˈmʉxa
78   Old Church Slavonic muxa мѹха muxɑ muxa
88   Polish mucha ˈmuxɑ̈ ˈmuxa
95   Sorbian: Lower mucha ˈmuxɑ̈ ˈmuxa
94   Sorbian: Upper mucha ˈmuxɑ̈ ˈmuxa
85   Slovene muha ˈmùːxɑ̈ ˈmùːxa
93   Czech moucha ˈmɔuxɑ̈ ˈmouxa
99   Ukrainian muha муха ˈmuxɐ ˈmuxa
91   Slovak mucha ˈmuxɑ̈ ˈmuxa
98   Belarusian muha муха ˈmuxɑ̈ ˈmuxa
97   Russian muha муха ˈmuxɐ ˈmuxa
80   Macedonian muva мува ˈmuvɑ̈ ˈmuva
79   Bulgarian muha муха muˈxɑ̈ muˈxa
83   Serbo-Croat muha ˈmǔxɑ̈ ˈmǔxa A regional (eastern) pronunciation variant: 'muva'.
11   Greek: Cypriot moýgia μούγια ˈmuʝɐ ˈmuɣjɐ
12   Greek: Italiot mýga μύγα ˈmiɣa ˈmiɣa Cal.; /ˈmia/ Ap.
10   Greek: Pontic myía μυία ˈmia ˈmia also /(mi)ˈmiɣia/
13   Tsakonian: Peloponnese moúza μούζα ˈmuza ˈmuza
9   Greek: Cappadocian moúgia μούγια ˈmuja ˈmuɣia
14   Tsakonian: Propontis moúza μούζα ˈmuza ˈmuza
74   Latvian muša ˈmuʃːɑ muʃːɑ
76   Lithuanian mùsė ˈmʊsʲeː ˈmʊsʲeː
77   Old Prussian muso EV
125   Romanian muscă muskə muskə
128   Neapolitan mosca ˈmoʃkə ˈmoskə
129   Italian mosca ˈmoska ˈmoska
130   Friulian moscje ˈmɔscɛ ˈmɔsce
131   Ladin moscia ˈmoʃa
133   Sardinian: Nuoro musca ˈmuska ˈmuska
135   Anglo-Norman musche
136   French mouche muʃ muʃ
137   Walloon mohe mɔh mɔh
139   Franco-Provençal mushe ˈmyθɵ̞ ˈmyθø
141   Catalan mosca ˈmoskə ˈmoskə
142   Old Spanish mosca ˈmoska
143   Spanish mosca ˈmoska ˈmoska
144   Portuguese mosca ˈmoʃkɐ ˈmoʃkɐ
19   Albanian: Standard mizë deminutive -zë
75   Latgalian myusa ˈmɨusa miusa
134   Sardinian: Logudoro musca ˈmuska ˈmuska
87   Old Polish mucha ˈmuːxa̠ ˈmuːxa
92   Old Czech múcha ˈmuːxɑ̈ ˈmuːxa
100   Rusyn múxa ˈmuxɑ̈ ˈmuxa
81   Macedonian: Suho mùxa ˈmuxɐ ˈmuxa
82   Macedonian: Visoka mùxa ˈmuxɐ ˈmuxa
86   Slovene: Kostel muha ˈmyːxɑ̈ ˈmyːxa
84   Slovene: Early Modern muha
18   Albanian: Gheg mizë
138   Old Occitan mousca
126   Megleno-Romanian múscă
20   Albanian: Arbëresh mizë ˈmiːzə
140   Old Catalan mosca moskə moskə
145   Portuguese: Brazilian mosca
132   Milanese mùsca ˈmuska
References
  • Beekes, Robert: 976
    S.v. μυῖα 'fly', from PIE *mus-ih₂.
  • Demiraj, Bardhyl: 270
    S.v. Alb. míz/ë 'Fliege', usually connected with other IE words for 'fly', cf. Gk. μυῖα 'Fliege', ON mý 'Mücke', etc., from Proto-Albanian *mū- + suff. -zë.
  • Derksen, Rick: 330-331
    S.v. Proto-Slavic *muxa 'fly', cf. also Proto-Slavic mъxa 'midge'. The root of the former etyma apparently shows an o-grade *mou̯s-, whereas the latter continues the zero-grade *mus- found more widely in other branches. Cf. entry s.v. *muxa for discussion of the possibilities on the origins of the alternative root vocalism.
  • Derksen, Rick: 326
    S.v. Lith. mùsė 'fly' (Latv. muša 'fly', OPr. muso 'fly'), cf. Gk. μυῖα 'fly', Lat. musca 'mosquito'.
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 673-674
    S.v. OLith. mùsė (2), musė̃ 'Fliege' (BSl. Latv. muša 'Fliege', OPr. muso 'Fliege', OCS muxa 'Fliege', etc.), from PIE *mus- 'Fliege, Mücke' (cf. Gk. μυῖα 'Fliege', κυνάμυια 'Hundsfliege', Arm. mown 'Mücke, Insekt', Lat. musca 'Fliege').
  • Orel, Vladimir: 268
    S.v. Alb. mizë 'fly', a derivative in -zë based on PAlb. *mūjā, identical to ON my, and further connected to Gk. μυῖα, Lat. musca, etc.
  • Trubačev, O. N.: 20: 170-172
    The word is derived from PIE *mū, *mus- and related to Lithuanian musià, Latin musca, Old High German mucka etc.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 397
    S.v. Lat. musca, from PIE *mu-s-, possibly originally formed from an onomatopoeic base *mu-. The s-extended forms are found in Latin, Balto-Slavic, Greek, and Germanic.