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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъxъ

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 *musas, from Proto-Indo-European *músos. Cognate with Lithuanian mūsaĩ, mùsos (mould), Proto-Germanic *musą, and perhaps Old Armenian մամուռ (mamuṙ).

Noun

*mъ̀xъ or *mъ̏xъ m[1][2]

  1. moss

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мъхъ (mŭxŭ), мохъ (moxŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333: “m. o (b/c) ‘moss’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), mъxъ mъxa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b moss (NA 109f., 141; SA 21, 139; PR 134)”
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