Cognate Set 5038 – Meaning: fly_N

IE-CoR reference form:
*makš-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-Iranic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
No certain etymology outside of Indo-Iranic (EWAia II:287, KEWA II:540-542). For the Modern Indic forms, cf. Turner 1962–1966:554 no. 9696.
Found in clades:
Indic, Iranic, Nuristani
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 3 clades by 31 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
49   Khotanese māʾta mɑ˞ːɐ ma˞ːða
56   Kurdish N.: Bahdini mēš meːʃ
55   Parthian magas mgs maˈɡas maɡas
21   Vedic: Early mákṣ- मक्ष- ˈmɐkʂ- máks-
29   Hindi makkhī मक्खी məkkʰi məkkʰi
30   Urdu makkhī مکھی məkʰi
28   Bhojpuri māchī माछी mɑtʃʰi
34   Kashmiri məčh مَچھ mɨtʃʰ mɨtʃʰ
25   Bengali māchi মাছি matʃʰi
26   Maithili mākhī माखी mɑkʰi
46   Avestan: Younger maxši 𐬨𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬌 maχʃi
67   Persian: Tehran magas مگس mæɡæs
51   Wakhi maks maks
27   Magahi machī माछी mɑtʃʰi
33   Marathi māśī माशी maʃiː
23   Sinhalese mæssā මැස්සා
22   Pali makkhikā mɐkkʰɪkaː makkʰikaː
71   Kumzari mēš meːʃ meːʃ
32   Punjabi makkʰī ਮੱਖੀ
48   Sogdian muxšk mwxšq mʊχʃk muχʃk
64   Balochi: Sistani masesk mæsesk
57   Kurdish C.: Jafi meš meʃ
37   Gawarbati maasik ماسِک mãːˈsik maːsik GM mās'ik
50   Pashto mach مچ mət͡ʃ mət͡ʃ
47   Khwarazmian maksa mks maksa variant mksyk
24   Assamese mākhi মাখি mɑkʰi
39   Pashai: North-West maašə ماشه ˈmɑˑʃə maːʃə
60   Hawrami mašī mæʃi
66   Middle Persian magas mks maˈɣas maɡas ZMP
43   Kalaṣa-alâ: Nišeigrâm mâša ma̞ʃˈɐ ma̞ʃˈɐ
44   Saṇu-viri: Wâmâ mâi′oːs maiˈʊːs maiˈʊːs
References
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: II: 540-542
    S.v. Skt. mákṣā 'Fliege', 'fly'; also found in Iranian (cf. Av. maxšī- Buddh. Sogd. mwγšk-), but there are no certain connections for this Indo-Iranian lexeme to other Indo-European languages. IIr. *makš- does however appear to have been loaned into Uralic at an early period (cf. Finn. mehilänen, mordwin. mekš, meš, Hungar. méh, etc. < *mekš-).
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: II:287
    S.v. Ved. makṣ- 'Fliege (oder Biene)', cf. IIr. YAv. maxšī- 'Fliege', Sogd. mwxšk- 'Moskito', etc., from IIr. *makš-.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley: 554
    S.v. 9696 Skt. mákṣā- 'fly' (RV.).