Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mo (~ -ew, -aw)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sky

Burmese: mǝwh sky, rain, LB *mǝwx.

Kachin: lǝmu² sky.

Comments: PG *mu ~ *mV; Chang Naga müɣ; Rawang mu, Trung mǝ³. Sh. 124; Ben. 72, 110, 148; Mat. 183. Cf. *m(r)ǝ̆(w).

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *mŭs_i

Meaning: sky, fog

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *mŭs_i ( ~ -ɨ̆-,-e)

Sino-Tibetan: *mo (~ -ew, -aw)

Comments and references : Cf. Bur. -mṓs `anger'? Cf. PAA *mɔ / *mua 'season' (?).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *mŭs_i ( ~ -ɨ̆-,-e)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fog, smoke

Proto-Tsezian: *mus: A

Proto-Dargwa: *mus:i

Notes: A Tsez-Darg. isogloss (note the use of the root in compounds with 'cloud' both in PTs and in Dargwa).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *mus: A

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 smoke above fire (with soot) 2 cloud, fog

Ginukh: as-mus 2

Bezhta: mus 1

Gunzib: has-mus 2

Comments: PGB *mus. The PTs compound *ħas:-mus: 'cloud'+'smoke' is reflected in Gin., Gunz. and Bezht. (Tlad., Khosh. has-mus 'cloud, fog').

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *mus:i

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fog

Akusha: musi-dirix

Comments: A compound with dirix 'cloud'.

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : MVSV

Meaning : fog

Eurasiatic : *musV

Sino-Caucasian : *mŭs_i

Reference : Suggested by V. Glumov.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *musV ?

Meaning: rain, fog, steam

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *mùsi

Dravidian: *musur-

References: Suggested by V. Glumov.

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *mùsi

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: steam, spirit

Russian meaning: пар, дух

Turkic: *bus

Mongolian: *mösü(n)

Tungus-Manchu: *musun

Japanese: *mùs-

Comments: For PT *bus cf. alternatively PTM *bušu- 'drizzle' (ТМС 1, 117).

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *bus

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: steam, fog

Russian meaning: пар, туман

Karakhanid: bus (MK)

Turkish: pus

Middle Turkic: bus (Ettuhf., CCum.)

Uighur: bus (dial.)

Shor: pus

Chuvash: pъʷs

Tuva: bus

Tofalar: bus

Noghai: pus

Bashkir: boɵ

Kumyk: pus

Comments: VEWT 90, EDT 370, ЭСТЯ 2, 277, Лексика 34. Turk. > Russ. dial. bus 'drizzle, flour dust', see Аникин 146.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *mösü(n)

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: personality, relationship with others; recurrent occasion

Russian meaning: качество, отношения с другими; повторяющийся случай

Written Mongolian: mösü(n) (L 550)

Khalkha: mös

Buriat: nege mühen 'сразу'

Monguor: musu (: nige-musu) 'entièrement, tout à fait, en entier' (SM 275)

Comments: The root is also grammaticalized and can be appended to numerals (negemösen 'simultaneously' etc.).

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *musun

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: spirit, ghost

Russian meaning: дух, сила природы

Evenki: musun

Even: mụsan

Comments: ТМС 1, 561.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *mùs-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to steam 2 spirit

Russian meaning: 1 варить на пару 2 дух

Old Japanese: mus- 1, musupji 2

Middle Japanese: mùs- 1

Tokyo: mús- 1

Kyoto: mùs- 1

Kagoshima: mùs- 1

Comments: JLTT 729.

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *musur-

Meaning : constant rain

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-Telugu : *musur-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *musṛ-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *musur

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *musur-

Meaning : a constant or continued rain

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : musuru

Number in DED : 4914

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *musṛ-

Meaning : rainy season

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Parji : muñcuḍ dinom/dīna

Poya Gadba : muṛsunḍ din

Number in DED : 4914

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *musur

Meaning : rain

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *musur

Konda : musur

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *musur

Meaning : rain

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Koya Gondi : musur, musuṛ

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : musur

Number in DED : 4914

Number in CVOTGD : 2933

Konda etymology :

Konda : musur

Meaning: constant rain, cloudiness

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Additional forms : Also Konda mosop cloud(s), being overcast (of the sky)

Number in DED : 4914

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