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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měxyrь

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

*měxъ (a skin, a bag) + *-yrь (agentive suffix)

Noun

*měxyrь m

  1. anything blown up in shape, bladder, blob
    1. blister on the skin
    2. urinary bladder
    3. nest of caterpillars and the like
    4. small pouch, sachet
    Synonym: *pǫxyrь, *pǫxorь

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мѣхирь (měxirĭ), мѣхиръ (měxirŭ)
      • Russian: михи́рь (mixírʹ) (obsolete, regional)
      • Ukrainian: міху́р (mixúr), міхи́р (mixýr)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: měchýř
    • Old Polish: męchyrz
      • Polish: mecherz, mechierz, męcherz, męchierz, męchyrz, miechierz, miecherz, miechór (obsolete)
      • Belarusian: міхіе́р (mixijér)
    • Slovak: mechúr

Further reading

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