Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moľь

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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-Indo-European *molH-(y)o-. Cognate with Old Norse mǫlr.

Noun

*moľь m

  1. moth

Inflection

Declension of *moľь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *moľь *moľa *moľi
genitive *moľa *moľu *moľь
dative *moľu *moľema *moľemъ
accusative *moľь *moľa *moľę̇
instrumental *moľьmь, *moľemь* *moľema *moľi
locative *moľi *moľu *moľixъ
vocative *moľu *moľa *moľi

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: моль (molĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “моль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*moļь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323: “m. jo ‘moth’”
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