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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měxъ

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 *maišás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós. Cognate with Lithuanian maĩšas (“bag, sack”), Latvian màiss (“bag”), Old Prussian moasis (“bellows”), Sanskrit मेष m (meṣá, “ram, sheep”), Classical Persian میش‎ (mēš, “sheep, ewe”), Old Norse meiss m (“basket”), Old High German meisa m (“pannier”).

Noun

*mě̑xъ m[1][2]

  1. leather bag

Declension
Declension of *mě̑xъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mě̑xъ *mě̑xa *mě̑śi
Accusative *mě̑xъ *mě̑xa *mě̑xy
Genitive *mě̑xa *měxù *mě̃xъ
Locative *mě̑śě *měxù *měśě̃xъ
Dative *mě̑xu *měxomà *měxòmъ
Instrumental *mě̑xъmь, *mě̑xomь* *měxomà *měxý
Vocative *měše *mě̑xa *mě̑śi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мѣхъ (měxŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: мѣхе (měxe)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mě̑xъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309: “m. o (c) ‘bag (made from skin)’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “měxъ měxa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 96; SA 26; PR 137); c/d (RPT 98, 102) fur; sack; bellows”
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