Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mirъ

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 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. peace
2. world

Inflection

Declension of *mȋrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mȋrъ	*mȋra	*mȋri
genitive	*mȋra	*mirù	*mĩrъ
dative	*mȋru	*miromà	*miròmъ
accusative	*mȋrъ	*mȋra	*mȋry
instrumental	*mȋrъmь, *mȋromь*	*miromà	*mirý
locative	*mȋrě	*mirù	*mirě̃xъ
vocative	*mire	*mȋra	*mȋri

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

• *měrъ

Derived terms

• *Mironěgъ / *Mironěga or *Miroslavъ / *Miroslava
  • *Miręta
• *miriti
  • *mirja
  • *mirьba

• *mirogojь
• *Mirogoščь
• *mirovati
• *mirьnъ

Related terms

• *milъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Belarusian: мір (mir)
    • Belarusian: мір (mir)
  • Russian: мир (mir), миръ (mir) — Pre-reform orthography (1918); міръ (mir) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
    • → Ingrian: miira
    • → Kildin Sami: мырр (myrr)
  • Old Ukrainian: миръ (mir), мир (myr)
    • Ukrainian: мир (myr)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: миръ (mirŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰿⰹⱃⱏ (mirŭ)

  • Bulgarian: мир (mir)
  • Macedonian: мир (mir)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ми̑р

    Latin script: mȋr, mijer, mir, mier, mȉjer

  • Slovene: mȋr (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mír, mier
    • Czech: mír
  • Old Polish: mir, mier
    • Polish: mir, mier, ḿyr, mńir, mńyr
  • Slovak: mier
  • Slovincian: ḿir, mïr, ḿïr, mir
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: měr
    • Lower Sorbian: měr

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mirъ/*mira”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 55
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мир”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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