Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьgla

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

Alternative forms

• *mьgà, *mĩglъ

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *míglāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃mígʰleh₂ (“mist, cloud”).

Noun

*mьglà f

1. fog, mist

Inflection

Declension of *mьglà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mьglà	*mь̀glě	*mьglỳ
genitive	*mьglỳ	*mьglù	*mь̀glъ
dative	*mьglě̀	*mьglàma	*mьglàmъ
accusative	*mьglǫ̀	*mь̀glě	*mьglỳ
instrumental	*mьglòjǫ, *mь̀glǫ**	*mьglàma	*mьglàmī
locative	*mьglě̀	*mьglù	*mьglàsъ, *mьglàxъ*
vocative	*mьglo	*mь̀glě	*mьglỳ

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

Derived terms

• *mьglati
• *mьglěnъ
• *mьglěti
• *mьglica
• *mьglistъ
• *mьglišče
• *mьgliti
• *mьglivъ
• *mьglьnъ
• *mьgljavъ
• *mьglovitъ
• *mьglovъ
• *mьglъ

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мьгла (mĭgla), мегла (megla), мгла (mgla)
    • Old Ruthenian: имгла́ (imhlá), мгла́ (mhlá)
      • Belarusian: імгла́ (imhlá)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: молга (molha)
      • Ukrainian: імла́ (imlá), имла́ (ymlá), мла́ (mlá)
    • Russian: мгла (mgla)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: мьгла (mĭgla)

    Glagolitic: ⰿⱐⰳⰾⰰ (mĭgla)

  • Bulgarian: мъгла́ (mǎglá)
  • Macedonian: ма́гла (mágla)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ма̀гла

    Latin script: màgla

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): maglȁ
    • Kajkavian (Bednja): mīēglȍ
  • Slovene: məglȁ, mə̀gla (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mlha
    • Czech: mlha
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): mhla
  • Polabian: ḿåglă
  • Polish: mgła
  • Slovak: hmla
  • Slovincian: mgla
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mihel, mhła
    • Lower Sorbian: mła

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьgla I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 93
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мгла”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 457–458