Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męso

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męso

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

An o-stem noun back-formed from *mēnsā́ˀ, the plural of Proto-Balto-Slavic *mḗns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms.

Noun

*mę̑so n[1][2][3]

1. meat

Declension

Declension of *mę̑so (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mę̑so	*mę̑sě	*męsà
Accusative	*mę̑so	*mę̑sě	*męsà
Genitive	*mę̑sa	*męsù	*mę̃sъ
Locative	*mę̑sě	*męsù	*męsě̃xъ
Dative	*mę̑su	*męsomà	*męsòmъ
Instrumental	*mę̑sъmь, *mę̑somь*	*męsomà	*męsý
Vocative	*mę̑so	*mę̑sě	*męsà

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

Derived terms

• *męsarjь (“meatman, butcher”)
• *męsatъ (“meaty, fleshy”)
• *męsěnъ
• *męsistъ (“meaty, fleshy”)
• *męsišče
• *męsitъ (“meaty, fleshy”)
• *męsivo
• *męsojědъ (“meatarian”)
• *męsovitъ
• *męsujь
• *męsьko
• *męsьce
• *męsьje
• *męsьjь
• *męsьnъ
  • *męsьnica
  • *męsьnikъ (“meatman, butcher; meat pie”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: мя́са (mjása)
  • Russian: мя́со (mjáso), Russian: мя́хо (mjáxo) (Pskov)
  • Rusyn: мнясо (mnjaso)
  • Ukrainian: м'я́со (mʺjáso)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: мѧсо (męso)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: месо́ (mesó), ме́нцу (méncu) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: ме́со (méso)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ме̑со

    Latin: mȇso

  • Slovene: mesọ̑ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: maso
    • Czech: maso
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): maso
  • Kashubian: miãso
  • Polabian: mąsi
  • Polish: mięso
  • Silesian: miynso
  • Slovak: mäso
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mjaso
    • Lower Sorbian: měso

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мясо”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mę̑so”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “n. o (c) ‘flesh, meat’”
2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “męso męsa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 116, 135, 143; SA 24, 152, 199; PR 138; MP 17, 25); d (RPT 111)] meat”
3. Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 7: “*mę̑so”