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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫžьščina

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 *mǫžьskъ + *-ina, from *mǫ̑žь.

Noun

*mǫžьščina m[1]

  1. man (male person)
    Synonym: *mǫžь

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *мѫжьщина (*mǫžĭščina)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: мъшчина́ (mǎščiná) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: маштина (maština)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мушти́на, муштина́ (dialectal)
      Latin script: muštína, muštiná (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: mužština, mužčina
    • Old Polish: mężczyzna
      • Old Ruthenian: мужчы́зна (mužčýzna), музчы́зна (muzčýzna), мущы́зна (muščýzna)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: mužcyna, muscyna

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫžьščina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 166
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