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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myšь

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
Field mouse of the subgenus Mus.

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

Noun

*mỳšь f[1][2]

  1. mouse

Inflection
Declension of *mỳšь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *mỳšь *mỳši *mỳši
genitive *mỳšī *mỳšьju, *mỳšu* *mỳšьjь, *mỳšī*
dative *mỳši *mỳšьma *mỳšьmъ
accusative *mỳšь *mỳši *mỳši
instrumental *mỳšьjǫ, *mỳšǭ* *mỳšьma *mỳšьmī
locative *mỳšī *mỳšьju, *mỳšu* *mỳšьxъ
vocative *myši *mỳši *mỳši
* 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).

See also
  • *myšakъ
  • *myšarjь
  • *myšastъ / *myšatъ
  • *myšejadъ / *myšejadь / *myšejaďa
    • *myšejadina
  • *myšelopъ
  • *myšelovъ / *myšilovъ (“buzzard”)
    • *myšelovъka
    • *myšelovьcь / *myšelovica
  • *myšemorъ
  • *myšenina
  • *myšenъka
  • *myšepadъ
  • *myšepolxъ
  • *myšepǫdъ
  • *myšera / *myšerъ
  • *myšerězъ
  • *myšetravъ
  • *myševatъ, myševitъ
  • *myševъ
    • *myševina
  • *myševějь
  • *myšę (*myšęt-)
    • *myšętina
    • *myšęťь
    • *myšętьnikъ
  • *myšikъ m, *myšica f
  • *myšina
  • *myšinъ
    • *myšinьcь
  • *myšišče
  • *myšiťь
  • *myšura / *myšurъ
  • *myšьcь m, *myšьca f (“muscle”)
  • *myšь
    • *myšьjakъ
  • *myšьkъ m, *myšьka f
    • *myšьkovati
  • *myšьnъ (“related to the upper arm”)
    • *myšьnikъ m, *myšьnica f / *myšьna (“biceps, armpit”)
    • *myšьnjakъ

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мꙑшь (myšĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: мꙑшь (myšĭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰿⱏⰹⱎⱐ (myšĭ)
    • Bulgarian: мишка (miška), миш (miš) (obsolete)
    • Macedonian: миш (miš) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ми̏ш
      Latin script: mȉš
    • Slovene: mȉš (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мышь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мышь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 552
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*myšь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mỳšь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 337: “f. i (a) ‘mouse’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “myšь myši”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 23, 148, 166, 199; PR 132; RPT 97)”
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