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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męzdra

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *męzdro n

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mēmstra n (*mēmstrāˀ f), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms-rom, from *mḗms (“flesh, meat”). Cognate with Latin membrum, Proto-Celtic *mīðrom.

Changing *-str- > *-zdr- under the influence of *dьrati.

Noun

*męzdra f[1][2]

  1. the inner side of a hide

Declension
Declension of *męzdra (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *męzdra *męzdrě *męzdry
genitive *męzdry *męzdru *męzdrъ
dative *męzdrě *męzdrama *męzdramъ
accusative *męzdrǫ *męzdrě *męzdry
instrumental *męzdrojǫ, *męzdrǫ** *męzdrama *męzdrami
locative *męzdrě *męzdru *męzdrasъ, *męzdraxъ*
vocative *męzdro *męzdrě *męzdry
* -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).

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мѧздра (męzdra), мездра (mezdra), мѧждра (męždra)
      • Old Ruthenian: *мѧздра (*mjazdra), *мездра (*mezdra)
        • Belarusian: мяздра́ (mjazdrá); мездра́ (mjezdrá) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: міздря́ (mizdrjá); мездра́ (mezdrá) (dialectal)
      • Russian: мездра́ (mezdrá); мяздра́ (mjazdrá) (archaic, dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: мѧздра (męzdra)
      Glagolitic script: ⰿⱔⰸⰴⱃⰰ (męzdra)
    • Bulgarian: ме́здра́ (mézdrá) (dialectal, obsolete)
    • Macedonian: мездра (mezdra)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete)
      Cyrillic script: ме́здра
      Latin script: mézdra
    • Slovene: mę̑zdra, mę̑zda, mę̑dra (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męzdra/*męzdro”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 22
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mezdra; *mezdro”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 316

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1972) “мяздра́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 29
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