Where does “میش” come from?

میش (Baluchi) comes from Proto-Iranian mayšáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European móysos — sheep, skin of sheep.

میش (Baluchi): sheep

Definitions

  1. sheep

Ancestry of “میش”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianmayšáhsheep, ram
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmayšásram
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmóysossheep, skin of sheep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European móysos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayšás →Every word from Proto-Iranian mayšáh →