Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mostъ
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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 earlier *mosstъ < *mozdtъ, from Lua error in Module:links at line 223: The specified language Proto-Indo-European is unattested, while the given term does not begin with '*' to indicate that it is reconstructed., from *masd- + *tos (“collective”). Morphologically *mos- + *-tъ.
- Cognate with Latin mālus (“mast, pole”) (< *masdos and l < d), Middle Irish maide (“mast, stick”) (< *masdyos), Proto-Germanic *mastaz (> English mast)
- From earlier *mottъ (“something what is dropped, thrown over”), from *mesti (“to throw, to drop”) + *-tъ
Noun
Declension
Declension of *mȍstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mȍstъ | *mȍsta | *mȍsti |
| genitive | *mȍsta | *mostù | *mòstъ |
| dative | *mȍstu | *mostomà | *mostòmъ |
| accusative | *mȍstъ | *mȍsta | *mȍsty |
| instrumental | *mȍstъmь, *mȍstomь* | *mostomà | *mostý |
| locative | *mȍstě | *mostù | *mostě̃xъ |
| vocative | *moste | *mȍsta | *mȍsti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мост”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mostъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 30
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȏstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326: “m. o (c) ‘bridge’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mostъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 157; PR 137)”