Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měxъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *maišás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós. Cognate with Lithuanian mai̇̃šas (“bag, sack”), Latvian màiss (“bag”), Old Prussian moasis (“bellows”), Sanskrit मेष m (meṣá, “ram, sheep”), Classical Persian (mēš, “sheep, ewe”), Old Norse meiss m (“basket”), Old High German meisa m (“pannier”).

Noun

*mě̑xъ m^[1]^[2]

leather bag

Declension

Declension of *mě̑xъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mě̑xъ	*mě̑xa	*mě̑śi
genitive	*mě̑xa	*měxù	*mě̃xъ
dative	*mě̑xu	*měxomà	*měxòmъ
accusative	*mě̑xъ	*mě̑xa	*mě̑xy
instrumental	mě̑xъmь, mě̑xomь^*	*měxomà	*měxý
locative	*mě̑śě	*měxù	*měśě̃xъ
vocative	*měše	*mě̑xa	*mě̑śi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѣхъ (měxŭ)
  - Belarusian: мех (mjex)
  - Russian: мех (mex)
  - Ukrainian: міх (mix)
- Old Novgorodian: мѣхе (měxe)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: мѣхъ (měxŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰿⱑⱈⱏ (měxŭ)
- Bulgarian: мях (mjah), мех (meh)
- Macedonian: мев (mev)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ме̑х, мије̑х
  
  Latin: mȇh, mijȇh
- Slovene: mẹ̑h (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: miech
- Old Czech: měch
  - Czech: měch
- Polish: miech
- Old Slovak: mech
  - Pannonian Rusyn: мех (mex)
  - Slovak: mech
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: měch

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mě̑xъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309: “m. o (c) ‘bag (made from skin)’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “měxъ měxa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 96; SA 26; PR 137); c/d (RPT 98, 102) fur; sack; bellows”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mě̑xъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309: “m. o (c) ‘bag (made from skin)’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “měxъ měxa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 96; SA 26; PR 137); c/d (RPT 98, 102) fur; sack; bellows”

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