Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męso

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mems-

Proto-Indo-European *mḗms

Proto-Balto-Slavic *mḗns

Proto-Balto-Slavic *mēnsā́ˀder.?

Proto-Slavic *męso

Hypothetically an o-stem noun back-formed from *mēnsā́ˀ, the plural of Proto-Balto-Slavic *mḗns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms^[1]. Then original singulative would be *mę (< *mḗms), but also *męso could be from *mémsos < *mémss (compare: *bratrъ from *bʰréh₂tros < *bʰréh₂t(e)rs).

Noun

*mę̑so n^[1]^[2]^[3]

meat

Declension

Declension of *mę̑so (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mę̑so	*mę̑sě	*męsà
genitive	*mę̑sa	*męsù	*mę̃sъ
dative	*mę̑su	*męsomà	*męsòmъ
accusative	*mę̑so	*mę̑sě	*męsà
instrumental	mę̑sъmь, mę̑somь^*	*męsomà	*męsý
locative	*mę̑sě	*męsù	*męsě̃xъ
vocative	*mę̑so	*mę̑sě	*męsà

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

Derived terms

*męsařь (“meatman, butcher”)
*męsatъ (“meaty, fleshy”)
*męsěnъ
*męsistъ (“meaty, fleshy”)
*męsišče
*męsitъ (“meaty, fleshy”)
*męsivo
*męsьce
*męsьje
*męsьjь
*męsьko
*męsьnъ
- *męsьnica
- *męsьnikъ (“meatman, butcher; meat pie”)
*męsojědъ (“meat-eater”)
*męsovitъ
*męsujь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѧсо (męso)
  - Old Ruthenian: мѧсо (mjaso)
    - Belarusian: мя́са (mjása)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: мня́со (mnjáso)
    - Ukrainian: м'я́со (mʺjáso)
  - Russian: мя́со (mjáso)
- Old Novgorodian: мѧсо (męso); *мѧхо (*męxo) (Old Pskovian)
  - → Russian: мя́хо (mjáxo); ⇒ мяхно́й (mjaxnój) (Pskov)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: мѧсо (męso)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: месо́ (mesó), ме́нцу (méncu) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: ме́со (méso)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ме̑со
  
  Latin script: mȇso
- Slovene: mesọ̑ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: maso
  - Czech: maso
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): maso
- Kashubian: miãso
- Polabian: mąsi
- Polish: mięso
- Silesian: miynso
- Old Slovak: mäso, meso
  - Pannonian Rusyn: месо (meso)
  - Slovak: mäso
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: mjaso
  - Lower Sorbian: měso

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mę̑so”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “n. o (c) ‘flesh, meat’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “męso męsa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 116, 135, 143; SA 24, 152, 199; PR 138; MP 17, 25); d (RPT 111)] meat”
^ Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[2], University of Vienna, page 7: “*mę̑so”

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mę̑so”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “n. o (c) ‘flesh, meat’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “męso męsa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 116, 135, 143; SA 24, 152, 199; PR 138; MP 17, 25); d (RPT 111)] meat”

[3] Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[2], University of Vienna, page 7: “*mę̑so”

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