Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Mьstislavъ

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 the imperative form of *mьstiti — *mьsti + *slava or *slaviti, literally meaning "revenge for glory/fame".

Proper noun

*Mьstislavъ m

1. a male given name, Mstislav

Declension

Declension of *Mьstislavъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Mьstislavъ	*Mьstislava	*Mьstislavi
genitive	*Mьstislava	*Mьstislavu	*Mьstislavъ
dative	*Mьstislavu	*Mьstislavoma	*Mьstislavomъ
accusative	*Mьstislavъ	*Mьstislava	*Mьstislavy
instrumental	*Mьstislavъmь, *Mьstislavomь*	*Mьstislavoma	*Mьstislavy
locative	*Mьstislavě	*Mьstislavu	*Mьstislavěxъ
vocative	*Mьstislave	*Mьstislava	*Mьstislavi

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

Related terms

Related terms

• (1=*mьstiti)
  • *Mьstišь / *Mьstiša
  • *Mьstęta
  • *Mьstibogъ
  • *Mьstiborъ
  • *Mьstidrugъ
  • *Mьstigněvъ
  • *Mьstiradъ
  • *Mьstislavъ
  • *Mьstivojь
  • *Mьstivujь
• (2=*mьstь)
  • *Boljemьstь

• (2=*slava)
  • *Boguslavъ; *Boguslava / *Bogoslavъ; *Bogoslava
  • *Bojeslavъ
  • *Boľeslavъ
  • *Borislavъ; *Borislava
  • *Bornislavъ
  • *Bręťislavъ ?
  • *Budislavъ; *Budislava
  • *Časlavъ
  • *Dobroslavъ
  • *Dorgoslavъ
  • *Gostislavъ
  • *Gordislavъ
  • *Gořeslavъ / *Gorislavъ
  • *Jьstislavъ
  • *Jьzęslavъ
  • *Jaroslàvъ; *Jaroslàva
  • *Krěsislavъ
  • *Ľubislavъ
  • *Ľuboslavъ
  • *Ludislavъ
  • *Manislavъ
  • *Miloslavъ / *Milislavъ
  • *Miroslavъ
  • *Mojьslavъ
  • *Mьstislavъ
  • *Mьrčislavъ
  • *Něgoslavъ
  • *Ordoslavъ; *Ordoslava / *Radoslavъ; *Radoslava
  • *Orstislavъ; *Orstislava
  • *Orzslavъ ?
  • *Stanislavъ
  • *Svętoslavъ
  • *Tvьrdislavъ
  • *Vęťeslàvъ
  • *Věroslavъ
  • *Xodislavъ
  • *Xornislavъ
  • *Xotislavъ
  • *Xvalislavъ
  • *Zořeslavъ
  • *Žiroslavъ

Descendants

• East Slavic: Мьстиславъ (Mĭstislavŭ), Мстиславъ (Mstislavŭ)
  • Belarusian: Мсціслаў (Mscislaŭ)
  • Russian: Мстисла́в (Mstisláv)
  • Ukrainian: Мстисла́в (Mstysláv)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin: Mistisclav

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: Mstislav
    • Czech: Mstislav
  • Polabian: Mistizlavus
  • Old Polish: Mścisław, Mścisława
    • Polish: Mścisław

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьstislavъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 169
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Мстисла́в”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “Мстисла́в”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 528