Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъskъ

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

Presumably, spreading from the South, forming an areal Balkan word for 'mule'[1]. The relationship with Latin mulus and Ancient Greek μυχλός (mukhlós) is unclear. All these terms could have derived from an extinct Mediterranean/Near Eastern substrate.

Noun

*mъ̀skъ m[2]

mule

Declension

Declension of *mъ̀skъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mъ̀skъ	*mъskà	*mъscì
Accusative	*mъ̀skъ	*mъskà	*mъskỳ
Genitive	*mъskà	*mъskù	*mъ̀skъ
Locative	*mъscě̀	*mъskù	*mъ̀scěxъ
Dative	*mъskù	*mъskòma	*mъskòmъ
Instrumental	mъskъ̀mь, mъskòmь^*	*mъskòma	*mъ̀sky
Vocative	*mъšče	*mъskà	*mъscì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

*mъ̀zgъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мъскъ (mŭskŭ)
  - Russian: меск (mesk)
  - Ukrainian: меск (mesk)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: мьзгъ (mĭzgŭ), мьскъ (mĭskŭ)
- Bulgarian: мъск (mǎsk)
- Macedonian: маска (maska)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: мазаг, мазак, мазг
  
  Latin: mazag, mazak, mazg
- Slovene: mezȅg (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mesh, mzha, mezek, mezk
  - Czech: mezek
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: mjesk

References

Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.279
Snoj, Marko (2016), “mezȅg”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*mъzgъ̏, *mъskъ̏”

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[1] Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.279

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016), “mezȅg”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*mъzgъ̏, *mъskъ̏”