Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫžь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mon- (< *mon-g-yo-s). For the suffix, compare Old Lithuanian žmuõ : modern Lithuanian žmogùs.

Noun

*mǫ̑žь m

1. man
2. husband

Inflection

Declension of *mǫ̑žь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mǫ̑žь	*mǫža	*mǫ̑ži
Accusative	*mǫ̑žь	*mǫža	*mǫ̑žę̇
Genitive	*mǫ̑ža	*mǫžu	*mǫ̃žь
Locative	*mǫ̑ži	*mǫžu	*mǫžĩxъ
Dative	*mǫ̑žu	*mǫžema	*mǫžẽmъ
Instrumental	*mǫ̑žьmь, *mǫ̑žemь*	*mǫžema	*mǫží
Vocative	*mǫžu	*mǫža	*mǫ̑ži

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

See also

• Parents: *otъ/*otьcь + *mati
  • of wife: *tьstь + *tьšča
  • of husband: *svekrъ + *svekry

• Siblings: *bratrъ, *sestra
  • of wife: *šurь, *svěstь/*svьstь
  • of husband: *děverь, *zъly
  • of father: *strъjь, ?
  • of mother: *ujь, ?

• Spouse: *žena, *mǫžь
  • of child: *snъxa, *zętь
  • of husband's brother: *ętry

• Children: *synъ, *dъťi
  • of child: *vъnukъ, ?
  • of sibling: *netьjь, *neti/*nestera

• Nursery words: *tata, *mama, *dada, *teta, *nana, *nena, *dědъ, *baba, *lola, *lelja
• Unsorted: *ova (“grandmother”), *sěmьja

Derived terms

• *mǫžikъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: муж (muž, “husband”)
  • Russian: муж (muž, “husband”)
  • Rusyn: муж (muž)
  • Ukrainian: муж (muž)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: мѫжь (mǫžĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰿⱘⰶⱐ (mǫžĭ)

  • Bulgarian: мъж (mǎž) (pre-reform: мѫжь (mǫžʹ)
  • Macedonian: маж (maž)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: му̑ж

    Latin: mȗž

  • Slovene: mọ̑ž (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: muž
  • Kashubian: mąż
  • Polish: mąż (“husband”)
  • Slovak: muž
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: muž
    • Upper Sorbian: muž

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330