Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mozgъ

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 *masgás (“marrow; brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰós.

Noun

*mȍzgъ or *mòzgъ m

1. marrow, brain

Inflection

Declension of *mȍzgъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mȍzgъ	*mȍzga	*mȍzdzi
genitive	*mȍzga	*mozgù	*mòzgъ
dative	*mȍzgu	*mozgomà	*mozgòmъ
accusative	*mȍzgъ	*mȍzga	*mȍzgy
instrumental	*mȍzgъmь, *mȍzgomь*	*mozgomà	*mozgý
locative	*mȍzdzě	*mozgù	*mozdzě̃xъ
vocative	*moždže	*mȍzga	*mȍzdzi

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

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mòzgъ	*mozgà	*mozdzì
genitive	*mozgà	*mozgù	*mòzgъ
dative	*mozgù	*mozgòma	*mozgòmъ
accusative	*mòzgъ	*mozgà	*mozgỳ
instrumental	*mozgъ̀mь, *mozgòmь*	*mozgòma	*mòzgy
locative	*mozdzě̀	*mozgù	*mòzdzěxъ
vocative	*moždže	*mozgà	*mozdzì

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мо́згъ (mózgŭ)
    • Belarusian: мо́зг (mózh), мо́заг (mózah); dial. мазга́ (mazhá) (genitive)
    • Russian: мо́зг (mózg), dial. мoзга́ (mozgá) (genitive)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: мо́зоґ (mózog)
    • Ukrainian: мо́зок (mózok), dial. мо́зок (mózok), мoзка́ (mozká) (genitive)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: мозгъ (mozgŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰿⱁⰸⰳⱏ (mozgŭ)

  • Bulgarian: мо́зък (mózǎk)
  • Macedonian: мозок (mozok)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мо̏зак

    Latin script: mȍzak

    • Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: mo̍zak, mozga̍ (genitive)
  • Slovene: mọ̑zəg (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: mùsk, mùzg
  • Old Czech: mozk
    • Czech: mozek
  • Polabian: *müzg, müzďĕ (plural)
  • Polish: mózg
  • Slovak: mozog
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: mórzgi
    • Upper Sorbian: mozy