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Unknown. In the past usually believed to be borrowed from Gothic𐌼𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃(mēkeis), from Proto-Germanic*mēkijaz. However, this idea is rejected by modern etymologists e.g. Pronk-Tiethoff,[2] Boryś,[1] ESSJa,[3] because the vowels don't match (*měčь expected). Only Derksen recognizes the possibility of borrowing.[4]
↑ 3.03.1Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “mečь/mьčь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 38
↑ 4.04.1Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mèčь; *mь̀čь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 305: “m. jo (b) ‘sword’”
^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “меч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Petri Kallio (2015) “The stratigraphy of the Germanic loanwords in Finnic”, in John Ole Askedal, Hans Frede Nielsen, editors, Early Germanic Languages in Contact, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 27
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mečь (?mьčь)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b sværd (PR 134)”
Further reading
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “меч”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “меч”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 775