Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měsęcь

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 earlier *mēs-en-ko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mḗˀn(e)s- ~ *mḗˀnō, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ns-(e)n-ko-.

Noun

*mě̀sę̄cь m

1. moon

   Synonym: *luna

2. month

Inflection

Declension of *mě̀sę̄cь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mě̀sę̄cь	*mě̀sę̄ca	*mě̀sę̄ci
genitive	*mě̀sę̄ca	*mě̀sę̄cu	*mě̀sę̄cь
dative	*mě̀sę̄cu	*mě̀sę̄cema	*mě̀sę̄cēmъ
accusative	*mě̀sę̄cь	*mě̀sę̄ca	*mě̀sę̄cę̇
instrumental	*mě̀sę̄cьmь, *mě̀sę̄cemь*	*mě̀sę̄cema	*mě̀sę̄cī
locative	*mě̀sę̄ci	*mě̀sę̄cu	*mě̀sę̄cīxъ
vocative	*mě̀sę̄če	*mě̀sę̄ca	*mě̀sę̄ci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *měsęčina

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: мѣсѧць (měsjacʹ), мѣсѧцъ (měsjacʹ), мѣсєцъ (měsjecʹ)
      • Belarusian: ме́сяц (mjésjac)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: мі́сяць (mísjacʹ)
      • Ukrainian: мі́сяць (mísjacʹ)
    • Russian: ме́сяц (mésjac)
  • Old Novgorodian: мѣсѧчь (měsęčĭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Cyrillic: мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ)
    • Glagolitic: ⰿⱑⱄⱔⱌⱐ (měsęcĭ)
  • Bulgarian: ме́сец (mésec), ме́синц (mésinc) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: ме́сец (mésec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: ме̏се̄ц, мје̏се̄ц
    • Roman: mȅsēc, mjȅsēc
  • Slovene: mẹ̑səc (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: měsiec
    • Czech: měsíc
  • Old Polish: miesiąc
    • Masurian: nieszióndz, niesziónc
    • Polish: miesiąc
    • Silesian: miesiōnc, mjeśůnc (Steuers Silesian alphabet)
  • Slovak: mesiac
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: miesąc (“moon, month”), miesądz, miesydz; miesyńc (“full moon”)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: mjasec
    • Upper Sorbian: měsac