Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mangjás

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mon-gʷ-yó-s, from *mon- (man). For the suffix, compare the unrelated Old Lithuanian žmuõ, modern Lithuanian žmogùs.[1]

Noun

*mangjás m[1]

  1. man
  2. husband

Inflection

Declension of *mangjás (o-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mangjás *mángjōˀ *mangjái(ˀ)
Accusative *mángjan *mángjōˀ *mángjō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *mángjā *mangjā́u(ˀ) *mangjṓn
Locative *mángjai *mangjā́u(ˀ) *mangjáišu
Dative *mángjōi *mangjámā(ˀ) *mangjámas
Instrumental *mángjōˀ *mangjámāˀ *mangjṓis
Vocative *mángje *mángjōˀ *mangjái(ˀ)

Descendants

  • Proto-Slavic: *mǫ̑žь (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mǫ̑žь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330:m. jo (c) ‘man, husband’