Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męčь

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

Resultant noun from *męčati (“to squash, to knead”) +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*męčь m[1]

ball, blob, bun

Declension

Declension of *mę̃čь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mę̃čь	*mę̄čà	*mę̄čì
Accusative	*mę̃čь	*mę̄čà	*mę̄čę̇̀
Genitive	*mę̄čà	*mę̄čù	*mę̃čь
Locative	*mę̄čì	*mę̄čù	*mę̃čixъ
Dative	*mę̄čù	*mę̄čèma	*mę̃čemъ
Instrumental	mę̄čь̀mь, mę̄čèmь^*	*mę̄čèma	*mę̃či
Vocative	*męču	*mę̄čà	*mę̄čì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*męčę, *męčikъ (diminutive)
*męčьkъ (“squishy, mushy”)
*męčьnъ (“squashed”)

Related terms

*męča (“mush”)
*mękotь (“soft part of a structure, flesh, pulp”)
*mękyšь (“soft bread/cake”)
*mękъkъ (“soft, smushy”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: мяч (mjač)
- Russian: мяч (mjač)
- Ukrainian: м'яч (mʺjač)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: меч (meč), ме́чка (méčka, “soft bun or loaf of bread”) (dialectal)
- Slovene: mẹ̑č (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mieč
  - Czech: míč
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): mlíć
- Polabian: mąc
- Slovincian: mňi̯ač
Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: minge

References

Olander, Thomas (2001), “męčь męča”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 126f.; RPT 102)”

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[1] Olander, Thomas (2001), “męčь męča”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 126f.; RPT 102)”