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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъnogъ

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 *managas, from late (Northern) Proto-Indo-European *monogʰos. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *managaz (many) and possibly further akin to Proto-Celtic *menekkis (frequent).

Adjective

*mъnogъ (comparative *vęťьjь)[1][2][3]

  1. many

Declension

Derived terms

  • *mъnogo (many, much) (adverb)
  • *mъnogota (abundancy)
  • *mъnožiti (to multiply, to increase in number)
    • *mъnožьstvo (multiple, majority)
    • *mъnožьkъ (excessive)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мъногии (mŭnogij), мъногꙑи (mŭnogyj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mnohý
    • Polish: mnogi
    • Slovak: mnohý
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mnohi
      • Upper Sorbian: mnohi (archaic), młogi

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъnogъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “adj. o ‘much, many’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), mъnogъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (sek. immobil accent) (SA 155; PR 133)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), mnọ̑g”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*mъ̏nogъ”
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