Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъskъ

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

Presumably, spreading from the South, forming an areal Balkan word for 'mule'. The relationship with Latin mulus and Ancient Greek μυχλός (mukhlós) is unclear. All these terms could have derived from an extinct Mediterranean/Near Eastern substrate.

Noun

*mъ̀skъ m

1. mule

Declension

Declension of *mъ̀skъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mъ̀skъ	*mъskà	*mъscì
genitive	*mъskà	*mъskù	*mъ̀skъ
dative	*mъskù	*mъskòma	*mъskòmъ
accusative	*mъ̀skъ	*mъskà	*mъskỳ
instrumental	*mъskъ̀mь, *mъskòmь*	*mъskòma	*mъ̀sky
locative	*mъscě̀	*mъskù	*mъ̀scěxъ
vocative	*mъšče	*mъskà	*mъscì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

• *mъ̀zgъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мъскъ (mŭskŭ)
    • Russian: меск (mesk)
    • Ukrainian: меск (mesk)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: мьзгъ (mĭzgŭ), мьскъ (mĭskŭ)
  • Bulgarian: мъск (mǎsk)
  • Macedonian: маска (maska)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мазаг, мазак, мазг

    Latin script: mazag, mazak, mazg

  • Slovene: mezȅg (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mesh, mzha, mezek, mezk
    • Czech: mezek
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mjesk

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъskъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 12
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “меск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress