Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъxъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *muśas, from Proto-Indo-European *músos. Cognate with Lithuanian mūsai̇̃, mùsos (“mould”), Proto-Germanic *musą, and perhaps Old Armenian մամուռ (mamuṙ).
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mъ̀xъ | *mъxà | *mъśì |
| genitive | *mъxà | *mъxù | *mъ̀xъ |
| dative | *mъxù | *mъxòma | *mъxòmъ |
| accusative | *mъ̀xъ | *mъxà | *mъxỳ |
| instrumental | *mъxъ̀mь, *mъxòmь* | *mъxòma | *mъ̀xy |
| locative | *mъśě̀ | *mъxù | *mъ̀śěxъ |
| vocative | *mъše | *mъxà | *mъśì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mъ̏xъ | *mъ̏xa | *mъ̏śi |
| genitive | *mъ̏xa | *mъxù | *mъ̀xъ |
| dative | *mъ̏xu | *mъxomà | *mъxòmъ |
| accusative | *mъ̏xъ | *mъ̏xa | *mъ̏xy |
| instrumental | *mъ̏xъmь, *mъ̏xomь* | *mъxomà | *mъxý |
| locative | *mъ̏śě | *mъxù | *mъśě̃xъ |
| vocative | *mъše | *mъ̏xa | *mъ̏śi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мох”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333: “m. o (b/c) ‘moss’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъxъ mъxa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b moss (NA 109f., 141; SA 21, 139; PR 134)”