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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Mьstivujь
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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 imperative form of *mьstiti (“take vengeance, revenge, avenge”) + *ujь (“uncle on mother's side”), from Proto-Indo-European *mith₂-ti-, *h₂ewh₂-i-o- (> Proto-Balto-Slavic *auʔ(i)o-).
Declension
Declension of *Mьstivujь (soft o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *Mьstivujь | *Mьstivuja | *Mьstivuji |
| genitive | *Mьstivuja | *Mьstivuju | *Mьstivujь |
| dative | *Mьstivuju | *Mьstivujema | *Mьstivujemъ |
| accusative | *Mьstivujь | *Mьstivuja | *Mьstivuję̇ |
| instrumental | *Mьstivujьmь, *Mьstivujemь* | *Mьstivujema | *Mьstivuji |
| locative | *Mьstivuji | *Mьstivuju | *Mьstivujixъ |
| vocative | *Mьstivuju | *Mьstivuja | *Mьstivuji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *Mьstęta
- *Mьstibogъ
- *Mьstiborъ
- *Mьstidrugъ
- *Mьstigněvъ
- *Mьstiradъ
- *Mьstislavъ
- *Mьstišь / *Mьstiša
- *Mьstivojь
Descendants
- West Slavic:
- Kashubian: Mscëwùj
- Old Polish: Mściwuj / Mściuj, Mystiuy, Mistwi
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьstivujь”, 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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