Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mirъ
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiˀrás, from Proto-Indo-European *mey(H)-ró-s, its Baltic cognates are: Lithuanian mieras (“peace”), Latvian miêrs (“peace”), compare also Albanian mirë (“good”). There may be two Indo-European roots involved, *mey- (“to tie, strengthen”) and *meyh₁- (“soft, mild”). Root-cognates (with different suffixes) include, with the former: Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “warp thread”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás (literally “(that which) causes binding”) (Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r), and Sanskrit मित्र (mitra)); with the latter: Proto-Slavic *milъ (“nice, gentle, mild”), Latin mītis (“mild, calm, peaceful”).[1]
The dual meaning of "peace" and "world" is unique to Slavic, and scholarly opinion is divided on whether this is a purely semantic development (via a meaning of "pact, friendship" to "community, society" to "ecumene, inhabited world") or alternatively an early conflation of two words, with the meaning "world" derived only from the root meaning "to bind", and the meaning "peace" derived from the root meaning "gentle, mild".[2]
Noun edit
Inflection edit
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- *Mironěgъ / *Mironěga or *Miroslavъ / *Miroslava
- *miriti (“to reconcile, to pacify”)
- *mirogojь
- *Mirogoščь
- *mirovati
- *mȋrьnъ
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mirъ/*mira”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 55
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мир”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мир”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 534
References edit
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
- ^ O. Trubachyov ed. (1992), with literature.
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȋrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 318: “m. o (c) ‘peace, world’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mirъ miru / miru”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “fred; verden c (SA 25, 70, 82; PR 137; RPT 97, 102)”