Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/morvъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Noun

*morvъ m

ant

Declension

Declension of *morvъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*morvъ	*morva	*morvi
Accusative	*morvъ	*morva	*morvy
Genitive	*morva	*morvu	*morvъ
Locative	*morvě	*morvu	*morvěxъ
Dative	*morvu	*morvoma	*morvomъ
Instrumental	morvъmь, morvomь^*	*morvoma	*morvy
Vocative	*morve	*morva	*morvi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: мурашка (muraška)
- Russian: муравей (muravej)
- Ukrainian: мураха (muraxa)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: мравка (mravka)
- Macedonian: мра́ва (mráva), ⇒ мра́вка (mrávka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: мрав
  
  Latin: mrav
- Slovene: mravlja
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mraven
  - Czech: mravenec
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): bravenec
- Kashubian: mrówka (< marwa)
- Polish: mrówka (< mrowa)
- Slovak: mravec
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: mroja
  
  Upper Sorbian: mrowja

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