Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlvěninъ

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 *mъlviti (“to speak, say”) +‎ *-ěninъ, from *mъlva (“speech”).

Noun

*mъlvěninъ m

the one who speaks

Declension

Declension of *mъlvěninъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mъlvěninъ	*mъlvěnina	*mъlvěnini
genitive	*mъlvěnina	*mъlvěninu	*mъlvěninъ
dative	*mъlvěninu	*mъlvěninoma	*mъlvěninomъ
accusative	*mъlvěninъ	*mъlvěnina	*mъlvěniny
instrumental	mъlvěninъmь, mъlvěninomь^*	*mъlvěninoma	*mъlvěniny
locative	*mъlvěnině	*mъlvěninu	*mъlvěniněxъ
vocative	*mъlvěnine	*mъlvěnina	*mъlvěnini

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Middle Russian: Молвѧнинъ (Molvjanin) (16ᵗʰ cent.)

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlvěninъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 227