< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/misъka
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Originally a diminutive form of *mìsa (“bowl”) + *-ъka (“diminutive suffix”).
Noun
*mìsъka f
- bowl
Declension
Declension of *mìsъka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *mìsъka | *mìsъcě | *mìsъky |
Accusative | *mìsъkǫ | *mìsъcě | *mìsъky |
Genitive | *mìsъky | *mìsъku | *mìsъkъ |
Locative | *mìsъcě | *mìsъku | *mìsъkasъ, *mìsъkaxъ* |
Dative | *mìsъcě | *mìsъkama | *mìsъkamъ |
Instrumental | *mìsъkojǫ, *mìsъkǭ** | *mìsъkama | *mìsъkamī |
Vocative | *mìsъko | *mìsъcě | *mìsъky |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ми́ска (míska)
- Old Ruthenian: ми́ска (míska)
- Belarusian: мі́ска (míska); мы́ска (mýska), мэ́ска (méska) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ми́ска (mýska)
- Russian: ми́ска (míska); мь́скъ (mʹ́sk) (Old Believers dialect)
- Old Ruthenian: ми́ска (míska)
- Old East Slavic: ми́ска (míska)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: miska
- Czech: míska, miska
- Polish: miska; mńiska (dialectal)
- Slovak: miska
- Slovincian: ḿiskă
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: miska (obsolete)
- Old Czech: miska
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*misъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 59