< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mytva
 | 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
- *mytvo
- *mytьba
Etymology
From *myti + *-tva.
Noun
*mytva f
- washing
Synonyms
- *mytьje, *myjenьje, *myvь
Inflection
Declension of *mytva (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mytva | *mytvě | *mytvy |
| Accusative | *mytvǫ | *mytvě | *mytvy |
| Genitive | *mytvy | *mytvu | *mytvъ |
| Locative | *mytvě | *mytvu | *mytvasъ, *mytvaxъ* |
| Dative | *mytvě | *mytvama | *mytvamъ |
| Instrumental | *mytvojǫ, *mytvǫ** | *mytvama | *mytvami |
| Vocative | *mytvo | *mytvě | *mytvy |
* -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
- Church Slavonic: мытва (mytva)
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мꙑтва (mytva)
- Russian: мытво́ (mytvó), (possibly) мытьба́ (mytʹbá)
- Belarusian: мыцьво́ (mycʹvó)
- Old East Slavic: мꙑтва (mytva)
- West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: mytwo
- Sorbian:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mytva/*mytvo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 83
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mytьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 85
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “мытва”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2: Л – П, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 219