Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męčь

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

Resultant noun from *męčati (“to squash, to knead”) +‎ *-jь. See *mękъkъ (“soft, mushy”) for more.[1]

Noun

*męčь m[2]

  1. ball, blob, bun

Declension

Declension of *mę̃čь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *mę̃čь *mę̄čà *mę̄čì
genitive *mę̄čà *mę̄čù *mę̃čь
dative *mę̄čù *mę̄čèma *mę̃čemъ
accusative *mę̃čь *mę̄čà *mę̄čę̇̀
instrumental *mę̄čь̀mь, *mę̄čèmь* *mę̄čèma *mę̃či
locative *mę̄čì *mę̄čù *mę̃čixъ
vocative *męču *mę̄čà *mę̄čì

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

  • *męčę, *męčikъ (diminutive)
  • *męčьkъ (“squishy, mushy”)
  • *męčьnъ (“squashed”)
  • *męča (“mush”)
  • *mękotь (“soft part of a structure, flesh, pulp”)
  • *mękyšь (“soft bread/cake”)
  • *mękъkъ (“soft, smushy”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: мяч (mjač)
    • Russian: мяч (mjač)
    • Ukrainian: м'яч (mʺjač)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: меч (meč), ме́чка (méčka, “soft bun or loaf of bread”) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: mẹ̑č (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mieč
      • Czech: míč
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): mlíć
      • → Old Polish: miecz
    • Old Polish: mięcz
    • Polabian: mąc
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męčь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 234

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мяч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “męčь męča”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 126f.; RPT 102)”
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