Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myslь

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

Traditionally connected with Lithuanian mausti (“to long for”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (maudjan, “to remind”), Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, fact, purpose”), all of which point to Proto-Indo-European *mewHdʰ-. Morphologically *myd- +‎ *-slь.

Noun

*my̑slь or *mỳslь f^[1]^[2]^[3]

thought, idea

Inflection

Declension of *my̑slь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*my̑slь	*my̑sli	*my̑sli
genitive	*myslí	myslьjù, mysľu^*	*myslь̀jь
dative	*my̑sli	*myslьmà	*my̑slьmъ
accusative	*my̑slь	*my̑sli	*my̑sli
instrumental	*myslьjǫ́	*myslьmà	*myslьmì
locative	*myslí	myslьjù, mysľu^*	*my̑slьxъ
vocative	*mysli	*my̑sli	*my̑sli

^* 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).

Declension of *mỳslь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mỳslь	*mỳsli	*mỳsli
genitive	*mỳslī	mỳslьju, mỳsľu^*	mỳslьjь, mỳslī^*
dative	*mỳsli	*mỳslьma	*mỳslьmъ
accusative	*mỳslь	*mỳsli	*mỳsli
instrumental	mỳslьjǫ, mỳsľǭ^*	*mỳslьma	*mỳslьmī
locative	*mỳslī	mỳslьju, mỳsľu^*	*mỳslьxъ
vocative	*mysli	*mỳsli	*mỳsli

^* 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

*mysliti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мꙑсль (myslĭ)
  - Belarusian: мысль (myslʹ), мысьль (mysʹlʹ) (Taraškievica)
  - Russian: мысль (myslʹ)
  - Ukrainian: мисль (myslʹ), ми́сля (mýslja)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: мꙑсль (myslĭ)
- Bulgarian: ми́съл (mísǎl)
- Macedonian: мисла (misla)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ми̑сао
  
  Latin script: mȋsao
- Slovene: mȋsəł (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mysl, mysľ (alternative writing)
  - Czech: mysl
- Old Polish: myśl
  - Polish: myśl
  - Silesian: myśl
- Slovak: myseľ
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: mësla, mësl, mësel, mëslô
  - Slovincian: mësla
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: mysl
  - Lower Sorbian: mysl

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*my̑slь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 337: “f. i (c) ‘thought, idea’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “myslь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “mȋsel”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*my̋slь”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*my̑slь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 337: “f. i (c) ‘thought, idea’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “myslь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “mȋsel”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*my̋slь”

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