Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moldenьcь

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldenikas, equivalet to *moldъ +‎ *-ьcь. Cognate with Old Prussian maldenikis (“child”).

Noun

*moldenьcь m

1. infant, child, youth

Inflection

Declension of *moldenьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*moldenьcь	*moldenьca	*moldenьci
genitive	*moldenьca	*moldenьcu	*moldenьcь
dative	*moldenьcu	*moldenьcema	*moldenьcemъ
accusative	*moldenьcь	*moldenьca	*moldenьcę̇
instrumental	*moldenьcьmь, *moldenьcemь*	*moldenьcema	*moldenьci
locative	*moldenьci	*moldenьcu	*moldenьcixъ
vocative	*moldenьče	*moldenьca	*moldenьci

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

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: младеньць (mladenĭcĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰿⰾⰰⰴⰵⱀⱐⱌⱐ (mladenĭcĭ)

    • Russian: младе́нец (mladénec)
  • Bulgarian: младене́ц (mladenéc)
  • Macedonian: младенец (mladenec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мла̀денац

    Latin script: mlàdenac

  • Slovene: mladenec
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mládenec
    • Czech: mládenec
  • Polish: młodzieniec
  • Slovak: mládenec
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: młodźenc
    • Upper Sorbian: młodźenc

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*moldenьcь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 322
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “младе́нец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress