Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьgla

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

Alternative forms

*mьgà, *mĩglъ

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *míglāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃mígʰleh₂ (“mist, cloud”).

Noun

*mьglà f^[1]^[2]

fog, mist

Inflection

Declension of *mьglà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mьglà	*mь̀glě	*mьglỳ
genitive	*mьglỳ	*mьglù	*mь̀glъ
dative	*mьglě̀	*mьglàma	*mьglàmъ
accusative	*mьglǫ̀	*mь̀glě	*mьglỳ
instrumental	mьglòjǫ, mь̀glǫ^**	*mьglàma	*mьglàmī
locative	*mьglě̀	*mьglù	mьglàsъ, mьglàxъ^*
vocative	*mьglo	*mь̀glě	*mьglỳ

^* -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

*mьglati
*mьglěnъ
*mьglěti
*mьglica
*mьglistъ
*mьglišče
*mьgliti
*mьglivъ
*mьglьnъ
*mьgljavъ
*mьglovitъ
*mьglovъ
*mьglъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мьгла (mĭgla), мегла (megla), мгла (mgla)
  - Old Ruthenian: имгла́ (imhlá), мгла́ (mhlá)
    - Belarusian: імгла́ (imhlá)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: мгла (mhla), имгла (ymhla), молга (molha)
    - Ukrainian: імла́ (imlá), имла́ (ymlá), мла́ (mlá)
  - Russian: мгла (mgla)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: мьгла (mĭgla)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰿⱐⰳⰾⰰ (mĭgla)
- Bulgarian: мъгла́ (mǎglá)
- Macedonian: ма́гла (mágla)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ма̀гла
  
  Latin script: màgla
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): maglȁ
  - Kajkavian (Bednja): mīēglȍ
- Slovene: məglȁ, mə̀gla (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mlha
  - Czech: mlha
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): mhla
- Polabian: ḿåglă
- Polish: mgła
- Old Slovak: hmla, mhla, mlha
  - Slovak: hmla
  - Pannonian Rusyn: молга (molha)
- Slovincian: mgla
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: mihel, mhła
  - Lower Sorbian: mła

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mьglà; *mьgà; *miglъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338: “f. ā; f. ā; m. o (b) ‘mist, haze’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mьgla mьgly”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b haze, mist (NA 90, 141; SA 20, 138)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mьglà; *mьgà; *miglъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338: “f. ā; f. ā; m. o (b) ‘mist, haze’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “mьgla mьgly”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b haze, mist (NA 90, 141; SA 20, 138)”

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