Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlva

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

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-der.
    Proto-Slavic *mъlva

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-eh₂, from *mlewH- (“to speak, say”).[1]

    Noun

    *mъ̀lva f[1][2]

    1. speech

    Inflection

    Declension of *mъ̀lva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *mъ̀lva *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy
    genitive *mъ̀lvy *mъ̀lvu *mъ̀lvъ
    dative *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvama *mъ̀lvamъ
    accusative *mъ̀lvǫ *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy
    instrumental *mъ̀lvojǫ, *mъ̀lvǭ** *mъ̀lvama *mъ̀lvamī
    locative *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvu *mъ̀lvasъ, *mъ̀lvaxъ*
    vocative *mъ̀lvo *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy

    * -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
    ** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: мъ́лва (mŭ́lva), мо́лва (mólva), мълъва (mŭlŭva)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: млъва (mlŭva)
        Glagolitic script: ⰿⰾⱏⰲⰰ (mlŭva)
        • → Serbo-Croatian:
          Cyrillic script: мува (rare, literary, archaic)
          Latin script: muva (rare, literary, archaic)
      • Bulgarian: мълва́ (mǎlvá); млъва́ (mlǎvá) (obsolete)
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъlva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333: “f. ā ‘speech’”
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъlva”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a tale (PR 132)”
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