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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mirъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiˀrás, from Proto-Indo-European *meyH-ró-s. Indo-European relatives include Albanian mirë (“good”), Latin mītis (“mild, calm, peaceful”).

Noun

*mȋrъ m [1][2]

  1. peace
  2. world

Inflection
Declension of *mȋrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mȋrъ *mȋra *mȋri
Accusative *mȋrъ *mȋra *mȋry
Genitive *mȋra *mirù *mĩrъ
Locative *mȋrě *mirù *mirě̃xъ
Dative *mȋru *miromà *miròmъ
Instrumental *mȋrъmь, *mȋromь* *miromà *mirý
Vocative *mire *mȋra *mȋri
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • *Mironěgъ / *Mironěga or *Miroslavъ / *Miroslava
    • *Miręta
  • *miriti
    • *mirja
    • *mirьba
  • *mirogojь
  • *Mirogoščь
  • *mirovati
  • *mirьnъ

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old Belarusian: мір (mir)
      • Belarusian: мір (mir)
    • Russian: мир (mir)
    • Old Ukrainian: миръ (mirŭ), мир (myr)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȋrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318: “m. o (c) ‘peace, world’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “mirъ miru / miru”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “fred; verden c (SA 25, 70, 82; PR 137; RPT 97, 102)”
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