Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/misъka

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

Originally a diminutive form of *mìsa (“bowl”) +‎ *-ъka (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

*mìsъka f

bowl

Declension

Declension of *mìsъka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mìsъka	*mìsъcě	*mìsъky
genitive	*mìsъky	*mìsъku	*mìsъkъ
dative	*mìsъcě	*mìsъkama	*mìsъkamъ
accusative	*mìsъkǫ	*mìsъcě	*mìsъky
instrumental	mìsъkojǫ, mìsъkǭ^**	*mìsъkama	*mìsъkamī
locative	*mìsъcě	*mìsъku	mìsъkasъ, mìsъkaxъ^*
vocative	*mìsъko	*mìsъcě	*mìsъky

^* -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

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ми́ска (míska)
  - Old Ruthenian: ми́ска (míska)
    - Belarusian: мі́ска (míska); мы́ска (mýska), мэ́ска (méska) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: ми́ска (mýska)
  - Russian: ми́ска (míska); мь́скъ (mʹ́sk) (Old Believers dialect)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: miska
  - Czech: míska, miska
- Polish: miska; mńiska (dialectal)
- Pomeranian:
  - Slovincian: mjiska
- Slovak: miska
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: miska (obsolete)