Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Miroslavъ

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 *mȋrъ (“peace; world”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *slàva (“glory, fame”).

Proper noun

*Miroslàvъ m (feminine *Miroslàva)

1. a male given name, Miroslav

Declension

Declension of *Miroslavъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Miroslavъ	*Miroslava	*Miroslavi
genitive	*Miroslava	*Miroslavu	*Miroslavъ
dative	*Miroslavu	*Miroslavoma	*Miroslavomъ
accusative	*Miroslavъ	*Miroslava	*Miroslavy
instrumental	*Miroslavъmь, *Miroslavomь*	*Miroslavoma	*Miroslavy
locative	*Miroslavě	*Miroslavu	*Miroslavěxъ
vocative	*Miroslave	*Miroslava	*Miroslavi

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

Related terms

Related terms

• (1=*mirъ)
  • *Miręta
  • *Mirogojь
  • *Mironěgъ
  • *Miroslavъ
  • *Bezmirъ
• (2=*mirъ/*měr-)
  • *Lixomirъ
  • *Meďimirъ
  • *Moldiměrъ/*Moldoměrъ
  • *Radoměrъ
  • *Ljuboměrъ/*Ljubomirъ
  • *Ljutoměrъ/*Ljutomirъ
  • *Jaroměrъ/*Jaromirъ
  • *Dorgomirъ
  • *Dobromirъ
  • *Bojьmirъ
  • *Ladoměrъ/*Ladomirъ
  • *Orstomirъ
  • *Ljudimirъ/*Ljudomirъ/*Ljudomira
  • *Čьstimirъ
  • *Myslimirъ
  • *Voldiměrъ/*Voldimirъ
  • *Lъžimirъ
  • *Ortimirъ
  • *Bornimirъ
  • *Budimirъ
  • *Klonimirъ
  • *Xornimirъ
  • *Xotimirъ
  • *Xvalimirъ
  • *Ljubimirъ
  • *Krěsimirъ
  • *Kaziměrъ/*Kazimirъ

• (2=*slava)
  • *Boguslavъ; *Boguslava / *Bogoslavъ; *Bogoslava
  • *Bojeslavъ
  • *Boľeslavъ
  • *Borislavъ; *Borislava
  • *Bornislavъ
  • *Bręťislavъ ?
  • *Budislavъ; *Budislava
  • *Časlavъ
  • *Dobroslavъ
  • *Dorgoslavъ
  • *Gostislavъ
  • *Gordislavъ
  • *Gořeslavъ / *Gorislavъ
  • *Jьstislavъ
  • *Jьzęslavъ
  • *Jaroslàvъ; *Jaroslàva
  • *Krěsislavъ
  • *Ľubislavъ
  • *Ľuboslavъ
  • *Ludislavъ
  • *Manislavъ
  • *Miloslavъ / *Milislavъ
  • *Miroslavъ
  • *Mojьslavъ
  • *Mьstislavъ
  • *Mьrčislavъ
  • *Něgoslavъ
  • *Ordoslavъ; *Ordoslava / *Radoslavъ; *Radoslava
  • *Orstislavъ; *Orstislava
  • *Orzslavъ ?
  • *Stanislavъ
  • *Svętoslavъ
  • *Tvьrdislavъ
  • *Vęťeslàvъ
  • *Věroslavъ
  • *Xodislavъ
  • *Xornislavъ
  • *Xotislavъ
  • *Xvalislavъ
  • *Zořeslavъ
  • *Žiroslavъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: Мирославъ (Miroslavŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: Миросла́въ (Mirosláv)
      • Belarusian: Мірасла́ў (Mirasláŭ)
      • Ukrainian: Миросла́в (Myrosláv)
    • Russian: Миросла́в (Mirosláv)
  • Old Novgorodian: Мирославе (Miroslave), Миръславе (Mirŭslave), Мирславе (Mirslave)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: Миросла́в (Mirosláv)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Ми̏рослав, Ми̏росав

    Latin script: Mȉroslav, Mȉrosav

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: Miroslav
    • Czech: Miroslav
  • Polish: Mirosław
  • Slovak: Miroslav
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: Mirosław
    • Upper Sorbian: Měrosław

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*miroslavъ/*miroslava”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 54
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “Миросла́в”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 464