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.
- 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.