Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrščina

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 *mъrščiti (“to wrinkle”) +‎ *-ina

Noun

*mъrščina f

  1. wrinkle

Declension

Declension of *mъrščina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *mъrščina *mъrščině *mъrščiny
genitive *mъrščiny *mъrščinu *mъrščinъ
dative *mъrščině *mъrščinama *mъrščinamъ
accusative *mъrščinǫ *mъrščině *mъrščiny
instrumental *mъrščinojǫ, *mъrščinǫ** *mъrščinama *mъrščinami
locative *mъrščině *mъrščinu *mъrščinasъ, *mъrščinaxъ*
vocative *mъrščino *mъrščině *mъrščiny

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: морщина (morščina)
      • Belarusian: маршчы́на (marščýna)
      • Russian: морщи́на (morščína)
      • Ukrainian: мо́рщина (mórščyna); мо́ршіна (móršina) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мр̏штина
      Latin script: mȑština
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: mrština
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: moršćina

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrščina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 8
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