Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъskъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъskъ

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

Presumably, spreading from the South, forming an areal Balkan word for 'mule'[1]. The relationship with Latin mulus and Ancient Greek μυχλός (mukhlós) is unclear. All these terms could have derived from an extinct Mediterranean/Near Eastern substrate.

Noun

*mъ̀skъ m[2]

1. mule

Declension

Declension of *mъ̀skъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mъ̀skъ	*mъskà	*mъscì
Accusative	*mъ̀skъ	*mъskà	*mъskỳ
Genitive	*mъskà	*mъskù	*mъ̀skъ
Locative	*mъscě̀	*mъskù	*mъ̀scěxъ
Dative	*mъskù	*mъskòma	*mъskòmъ
Instrumental	*mъskъ̀mь, *mъskòmь*	*mъskòma	*mъ̀sky
Vocative	*mъšče	*mъskà	*mъscì

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

Alternative forms

• *mъ̀zgъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мъскъ (mŭskŭ)
    • Russian: меск (mesk)
    • Ukrainian: меск (mesk)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: мьзгъ (mĭzgŭ), мьскъ (mĭskŭ)
  • Bulgarian: мъск (mǎsk)
  • Macedonian: маска (maska)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: мазаг, мазак, мазг

    Latin: mazag, mazak, mazg

  • Slovene: mezȅg (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mesh, mzha, mezek, mezk
    • Czech: mezek
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mjesk

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъskъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 12
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “меск”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References

1. Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.279
2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “mezȅg”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*mъzgъ̏, *mъskъ̏”