Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měsęcь

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

From earlier *mēs-en-ko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mḗˀn(e)s- ~ *mḗˀnō, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ns-(e)n-ko- (moon, month).[1]

Noun

*mě̀sę̄cь m[1][2]

  1. moon
    Synonym: *luna
  2. month

Inflection

Declension of *mě̀sę̄cь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *mě̀sę̄cь *mě̀sę̄ca *mě̀sę̄ci
genitive *mě̀sę̄ca *mě̀sę̄cu *mě̀sę̄cь
dative *mě̀sę̄cu *mě̀sę̄cema *mě̀sę̄cēmъ
accusative *mě̀sę̄cь *mě̀sę̄ca *mě̀sę̄cę̇
instrumental *mě̀sę̄cьmь, *mě̀sę̄cemь* *mě̀sę̄cema *mě̀sę̄cī
locative *mě̀sę̄ci *mě̀sę̄cu *mě̀sę̄cīxъ
vocative *mě̀sę̄če *mě̀sę̄ca *mě̀sę̄ci

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

Derived terms

  • *měsęčina

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mě̀sę̄cь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312:m. jo (a) ‘moon, month’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “měsęcь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 132)