Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měna
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maināˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *moi-n-, from the root *mey- (“to change”). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian maĩnas (“exchange”), Latvian maîna, maĩņa (“exchange”). Other Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit मेना (ménā, “concubine”), Old High German mein (“false, deceitful”), Latin commūnis (“common”) (Old Latin commoinis), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains, “common, collective”), Sanskrit मयते (máyate), मिनाति (mināti, “to change”), Ancient Greek μοῖνος (moînos, “gratitude, reward”), Latin mūnus (“obligation; office; gift”) (gen. mūneris), Old Irish móin, máin (“jewel”).
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *mě̄nà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mě̄nà | *mě̃ně | *mě̄nỳ |
| genitive | *mě̄nỳ | *mě̄nù | *mě̃nъ |
| dative | *mě̄ně̀ | *mě̄nàma | *mě̄nàmъ |
| accusative | *mě̄nǫ̀ | *mě̃ně | *mě̄nỳ |
| instrumental | *mě̄nòjǫ, *mě̃nǫ** | *mě̄nàma | *mě̄nàmī |
| locative | *mě̄ně̀ | *mě̄nù | *mě̄nàsъ, *mě̄nàxъ* |
| vocative | *měno | *mě̃ně | *mě̄nỳ |
* -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).
Declension of *měnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *měnà | *mě̑ně | *mě̑ny |
| genitive | *měný | *měnù | *mě̃nъ |
| dative | *měně̀ | *měnàma | *měnàmъ |
| accusative | *mě̑nǫ | *mě̑ně | *mě̑ny |
| instrumental | *měnojǫ́ | *měnàma | *měnàmi |
| locative | *mě̑ně | *měnù | *měnàsъ, *měnàxъ* |
| vocative | *měno | *mě̑ně | *mě̑ny |
* -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.
Derived terms
- *měniti (“to change, to exchange”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ме́на”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 522
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ме́на”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*mei̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 426
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 171
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*měna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 311: “f. ā ‘change, exchange’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “měna měny”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/c vekslen (PR 135)”