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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъnogъ

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 *managas, from Proto-Indo-European *monogʰos. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *managaz.

Adjective

*mъnogъ (comparative *vęťьjь) [1][2][3]

  1. many

Declension

Derived terms

  • *mъnogo (many, much) (adverb)
  • *mъnožьstvo (multiple, majority) < *mъnogъ + *-ьstvo
  • *mъnožiti (to multiply, to increase in number) < *mъnogъ + *-iti

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мъногии (mŭnogii), мъногыи (mŭnogyi)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: mnohý
    • Polish: mnogi
    • Slovak: mnohý
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mnohi
      • Upper Sorbian: mnohi (archaic), młogi

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъnogъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “adj. o ‘much, many’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), mъnogъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (sek. immobil accent) (SA 155; PR 133)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), mnọ̑g”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*mъ̏nogъ”
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