Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫdo

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫdo

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

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Noun

*mǫdo n[1]

1. testicle

Alternative forms

• *mǫdь (i-stem)

Declension

Declension of *mǫdo (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mǫdo	*mǫdě	*mǫda
Accusative	*mǫdo	*mǫdě	*mǫda
Genitive	*mǫda	*mǫdu	*mǫdъ
Locative	*mǫdě	*mǫdu	*mǫděxъ
Dative	*mǫdu	*mǫdoma	*mǫdomъ
Instrumental	*mǫdъmь, *mǫdomь*	*mǫdoma	*mǫdy
Vocative	*mǫdo	*mǫdě	*mǫda

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: мудо́ (mudó)
  • Ukrainian: му́до (múdo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: мѫдо (mǫdo)
  • Bulgarian: мъдо́ (mǎdó) (colloquial)
  • Macedonian: маде (made) (colloquial)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: му́до

    Latin: múdo

  • Slovene: mọ̄do (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: moud
  • Old Polish: mądo
    • Polish: mądа
  • Slovak: múď
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mud
    • Lower Sorbian: mud

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мудо”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫdo/*mǫdь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 123
• Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “мъдо”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 372

References

1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “mọ̄do”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *mǫdȍ”