Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlva
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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 *múlˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-eh₂, from *mlewH-.
Noun edit
Inflection edit
Declension of *mъ̀lva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mъ̀lva | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvy |
| genitive | *mъ̀lvy | *mъ̀lvu | *mъ̀lvъ |
| dative | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvama | *mъ̀lvamъ |
| accusative | *mъ̀lvǫ | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvy |
| instrumental | *mъ̀lvojǫ, *mъ̀lvǭ** | *mъ̀lvama | *mъ̀lvamī |
| locative | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvu | *mъ̀lvasъ, *mъ̀lvaxъ* |
| vocative | *mъ̀lvo | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvy |
* -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).
** 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).
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъlva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 333: “f. ā ‘speech’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъlva”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a tale (PR 132)”