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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myšь

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
Field mouse of the subgenus Mus.

Etymology

From earlier *mūsi, 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
Accusative *mỳšь *mỳši *mỳši
Genitive *mỳšī *mỳšьju, *mỳšu* *mỳšьjь, *mỳšī*
Locative *mỳšī *mỳšьju, *mỳšu* *mỳšьxъ
Dative *mỳši *mỳšьma *mỳšьmъ
Instrumental *mỳšьjǫ, *mỳšǭ* *mỳšьma *mỳšьmī
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
Derived terms
  • *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

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “мышь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “мышь”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 552
  • Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1994), “*myšь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow: Nauka, 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, 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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