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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Mьstivojь

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 imperative form of *mьstiti (take vengeance, revenge, avenge) + *vojь (soldier), from Proto-Indo-European *mith₂-ti-, *woyh₁-o-.

Proper noun

*Mьstivojь m

  1. a male given name

Declension

Descendants

  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: Mstivoj
      • Czech: Mstivoj
    • Kashubian: Mscëwòj
    • Old Polish: Mściwoj, Mistiwoj

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьstivojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 172
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