< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlva
 | 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *mluH-eh₂, from *mlewH-.
Noun
*mъ̀lva f[1][2]
- speech
Inflection
Declension of *mъ̀lva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mъ̀lva | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvy |
| Accusative | *mъ̀lvǫ | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvy |
| Genitive | *mъ̀lvy | *mъ̀lvu | *mъ̀lvъ |
| Locative | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvu | *mъ̀lvasъ, *mъ̀lvaxъ* |
| Dative | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvama | *mъ̀lvamъ |
| Instrumental | *mъ̀lvojǫ, *mъ̀lvǭ** | *mъ̀lvama | *mъ̀lvamī |
| Vocative | *mъ̀lvo | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvy |
* -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).
Related terms
- *mъ̀lviti
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мълва (mŭlva), мълъва (mŭlŭva), молва (molva)
- Old Belarusian: молва (molva)
- Belarusian: мо́ва (móva); малва́ (malvá) (dialectal)
- Russian: молва́ (molvá); мо́лва (mólva), мо́ва (móva), моло́ва (molóva) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: мо́ва (móva)
- Old Belarusian: молва (molva)
- Old East Slavic: мълва (mŭlva), мълъва (mŭlŭva), молва (molva)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: млъва (mlŭva)
- Glagolitic: ⰿⰾⱏⰲⰰ (mlŭva)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мува (rare, literary, archaic)
- Latin: muva (rare, literary, archaic)
- Bulgarian: мълва́ (mǎlvá)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: mluva
- Kashubian: mòwa
- Old Polish: mołwa
- Polish: mowa, mołwa (dialectal)
- Silesian: mŏwa
- Slovak: mluva (literary)
- Slovincian: mᵘ̯ova
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “молва́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъlva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333: “f. ā ‘speech’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “mъlva”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a tale (PR 132)”