мовный

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms
  • мо́лвный – archaic form

Etymology

From early мо́лвный with the change -олв- → -ов-, inherited from Old East Slavic мъ́лвьнъ (mŭ́lvĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lvьnъ, from *mъ̀lva.[1] By surface analysis, мо́ва +‎ -ный.

Adjective

мо́вный • (transliteration needed)

Descendants
  • Belarusian: мо́ўны (móŭny)
  • Ukrainian: мо́вний (móvnyj)

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlvьnъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 229: “ст.-бел. молвныи”
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