Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьzda
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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 *misdá, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰéh₂.
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mьzdà | *mь̀zdě | *mьzdỳ |
| genitive | *mьzdỳ | *mьzdù | *mь̀zdъ |
| dative | *mьzdě̀ | *mьzdàma | *mьzdàmъ |
| accusative | *mьzdǫ̀ | *mь̀zdě | *mьzdỳ |
| instrumental | *mьzdòjǫ, *mь̀zdǫ** | *mьzdàma | *mьzdàmī |
| locative | *mьzdě̀ | *mьzdù | *mьzdàsъ, *mьzdàxъ* |
| vocative | *mьzdo | *mь̀zdě | *mьzdỳ |
* -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).
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мзда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьzda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 176
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “мзда”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mьzda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343: “f. ā (b) ‘payment, pay’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mьzda mьzdy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b løn (PR 135)”