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.

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.

*mъ̀skъ m

1. mule

• *mъ̀zgъ

• 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

• 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