Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mętežь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mętežь

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 *męsti +‎ *-ežь.

Noun

*mętežь m

1. riot, unrest
2. confusion, chaos

Declension

Declension of *mętežь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mętežь	*męteža	*męteži
Accusative	*mętežь	*męteža	*mętežę̇
Genitive	*męteža	*mętežu	*mętežь
Locative	*męteži	*mętežu	*mętežixъ
Dative	*mętežu	*mętežema	*mętežemъ
Instrumental	*mętežьmь, *mętežemь*	*mętežema	*męteži
Vocative	*mętežu	*męteža	*męteži

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мѧтежь (mętežĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: мѧтежъ (mjatež), метежь (metežʹ)[1]
      • Belarusian: мяце́ж (mjacjéž)
      • Ukrainian: меті́ж (metíž)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: мѧтежь (mętežĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰿⱔⱅⰵⰶⱐ (mętežĭ)

    • → Russian: мяте́ж (mjatéž)
  • Bulgarian: мете́ж (metéž)
  • Macedonian: метеж (metež)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ме́теж

    Latin: métež

  • Slovene: mẹ̑tež (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mětež, mietež
  • Slovak: mätež

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mętežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 17

1. Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “мѧтежъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 269