A Native Proto-Indo-European Etymology for Moira: The smer- + -mo- + -ya Nominal Suffix Template

The etymology of the Greek goddess name Moira (the personification of Fate and Destiny) is traditionally associated with the Greek noun meros ("a part or share"), yet mainstream etymological dictionaries fail to provide a cohesive, mechanical explanation for the nominal transition from a general abstract noun to a highly specific, personified divine agent. Building upon the repeatable double-suffix template (Root + -mo- + feminine agent) established in previous structural reconstructions of archaic Aegean divine names (such as Artemis, Themis, and Semele), this paper demonstrates that Moira is a native, regular Proto-Indo-European (PIE) formation. By compounding the zero-grade verbal root meaning "to allot or assign" (smr-) with a Caland-associated characteristic suffix (-mo-) and a primary individualizing feminine suffix (-ya), we reconstruct the structural intermediate form smr-m-ya. Through regular rules of Proto-Greek initial sibilant loss, haplology (nasal dissimilation), and sonorant vocalic shift, this framework provides an elegant phonetic and semantic pipeline: "The specific female individual embodying the structural act of allotment."