Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/muxa
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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 *máušāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *mows-eh₂, from *mows-, *mus-, *mew-. Cognate with Lithuanian mùsė, dialectal musià, Latvian muša, Latin musca, Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa), German Mücke, English midge.
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mùxa | *mùśě | *mùxy |
| genitive | *mùxy | *mùxu | *mùxъ |
| dative | *mùśě | *mùxama | *mùxamъ |
| accusative | *mùxǫ | *mùśě | *mùxy |
| instrumental | *mùxojǫ, *mùxǭ** | *mùxama | *mùxamī |
| locative | *mùśě | *mùxu | *mùxasъ, *mùxaxъ* |
| vocative | *mùxo | *mùśě | *mùxy |
* -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).
See also
Derived terms
Descendants
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- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “му́ха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mùxa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330: “f. ā (a) ‘fly’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “muxa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 107, 110)”