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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mękъkъ

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-Balto-Slavic *minˀkakas, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥k-o-kó-s, from *menk-. Equivalent to Proto-Balto-Slavic *minˀkas + *-kъ.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mìnkštas (soft), Latvian mîksts (soft).

Adjective

*mę̑kъkъ[1]

  1. soft
    Antonym: *tvьrdъ

Declension

See also

Derived terms

  • *mękъčiti
    • *mękъčati
  • *mękъčina
  • *męčь
  • *mękъkavъ
  • *mękъkostь
  • *mękъkota

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мѧкъкъ (mękŭkŭ), мѧгъкъ (męgŭkŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: мѧкъкъ (mękŭkŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰿⱔⰽⱏⰽⱏ (mękŭkŭ)
    • Bulgarian: мек (mek), менок (menok) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: мек (mek)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ме̏к
      Latin: mȅk
    • Slovene: méhək (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mę̏kъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 314: “adj. o (c) ‘soft’”
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