Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫka

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

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *múnkāˀ.

Noun

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*mǫ̀ka f[1][2]

  1. torment, torture
Declension
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Declension of *mǫ̀ka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *mǫ̀ka *mǫ̀cě *mǫ̀ky
genitive *mǫ̀ky *mǫ̀ku *mǫ̀kъ
dative *mǫ̀cě *mǫ̀kama *mǫ̀kamъ
accusative *mǫ̀kǫ *mǫ̀cě *mǫ̀ky
instrumental *mǫ̀kojǫ, *mǫ̀kǭ** *mǫ̀kama *mǫ̀kamī
locative *mǫ̀cě *mǫ̀ku *mǫ̀kasъ, *mǫ̀kaxъ*
vocative *mǫ̀ko *mǫ̀cě *mǫ̀ky

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

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adjective
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Descendants
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  • Non-Slavic:
    • Hungarian: munka (work)
    • Romanian: muncă (work)
Further reading
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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “му́ка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

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Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ǵyéti, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (to knead), see also Sanskrit मचते (macate), Latin mācerō, and Proto-West Germanic *makōn, English make.[3][4]

Noun

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*mǭkà f[5][6]

  1. flour
    Synonym: *bȏršьno
Declension
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Declension of *mǭkà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *mǭkà *mǫ̃cě *mǭkỳ
genitive *mǭkỳ *mǭkù *mǫ̃kъ
dative *mǭcě̀ *mǭkàma *mǭkàmъ
accusative *mǭkǫ̀ *mǫ̃cě *mǭkỳ
instrumental *mǭkòjǫ, *mǫ̃kǫ** *mǭkàma *mǭkàmī
locative *mǭcě̀ *mǭkù *mǭkàsъ, *mǭkàxъ*
vocative *mǫko *mǫ̃cě *mǭkỳ

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants
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Derived terms

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Further reading
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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мука́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mǫ̀ka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329:f. ā (a) ‘torment, torture’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mǫka mǫky”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a pine (PR 132; RPT 110)
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάσσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN}
  4. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2061”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2061
  5. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mǭkà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329:f. ā (b) ‘flour’
  6. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mǫka mǫky”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b mel (SA 177; PR 135)