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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myšь
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Proto-Slavic
Field mouse of the subgenus Mus.
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.
Noun
*mỳšь f[1][2]
- mouse
Inflection
Declension of *mỳšь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mỳšь | *mỳši | *mỳši |
| Accusative | *mỳšь | *mỳši | *mỳši |
| Genitive | *mỳšī | *mỳšьju, *mỳšu* | *mỳšьjь, *mỳšī* |
| Locative | *mỳšī | *mỳšьju, *mỳšu* | *mỳšьxъ |
| Dative | *mỳši | *mỳšьma | *mỳšьmъ |
| Instrumental | *mỳšьjǫ, *mỳšǭ* | *mỳšьma | *mỳšьmī |
| Vocative | *myši | *mỳši | *mỳši |
* 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).
See also
- *stьbľь, *maca, *kotъ
Related terms
- *myšakъ
- *myšarjь
- *myšastъ / *myšatъ
- *myšejadъ / *myšejadь / *myšejaďa
- *myšejadina
- *myšelopъ
- *myšelovъ / *myšilovъ (“buzzard”)
- *myšelovъka
- *myšelovьcь / *myšelovica
- *myšemorъ
- *myšenina
- *myšenъka
- *myšepadъ
- *myšepolxъ
- *myšepǫdъ
- *myšera / *myšerъ
- *myšerězъ
- *myšetravъ
- *myševatъ, myševitъ
- *myševъ
- *myševina
- *myševějь
- *myšę (*myšęt-)
- *myšętina
- *myšęťь
- *myšętьnikъ
- *myšikъ m, *myšica f
- *myšina
- *myšinъ
- *myšinьcь
- *myšišče
- *myšiťь
- *myšura / *myšurъ
- *myšьcь m, *myšьca f (“muscle”)
- *myšь
- *myšьjakъ
- *myšьkъ m, *myšьka f
- *myšьkovati
- *myšьnъ (“related to the upper arm”)
- *myšьnikъ m, *myšьnica f / *myšьna (“biceps, armpit”)
- *myšьnjakъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мꙑшь (myšĭ)
- Belarusian: мыш (myš)
- Russian: мышь (myšʹ)
- Ukrainian: ми́ша (mýša), миш (myš)
- Old East Slavic: мꙑшь (myšĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: мꙑшь (myšĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰿⱏⰹⱎⱐ (myšĭ)
- Bulgarian: мишка (miška), миш (miš) (obsolete)
- Macedonian: миш (miš) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ми̏ш
- Latin: mȉš
- Slovene: mȉš (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: myš
- Kashubian: mësz
- Polabian: mois
- Polish: mysz
- Slovak: myš
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: myš
- Lower Sorbian: myš
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мышь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “мышь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 552
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*myšь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mỳšь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 337: “f. i (a) ‘mouse’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “myšь myši”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 23, 148, 166, 199; PR 132; RPT 97)”