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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Mьstislavъ

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 the imperative form of *mьstiti*mьsti + *slava or *slaviti, literally meaning "revenge for glory/fame".

Proper noun

*Mьstislavъ m

  1. a male given name, Mstislav

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic: Мьстиславъ (Mĭstislavŭ), Мстиславъ (Mstislavŭ)
    • Belarusian: Мсціслаў (Mscislaŭ)
    • Russian: Мстисла́в (Mstisláv)
    • Ukrainian: Мстисла́в (Mstysláv)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin: Mistisclav
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: Mstislav
      • Czech: Mstislav
    • Polabian: Mistizlavus
    • Old Polish: Mścisław, Mścisława

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьstislavъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 169
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Мстисла́в”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “Мстисла́в”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 528
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