Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъxъ

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 *muśas, from Proto-Indo-European *músos. Cognate with Lithuanian mūsai̇̃, mùsos (“mould”), Proto-Germanic *musą, and perhaps Old Armenian մամուռ (mamuṙ).

Noun

*mъ̀xъ or *mъ̏xъ m^[1]^[2]

moss

Declension

Declension of *mъ̀xъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mъ̀xъ	*mъxà	*mъśì
genitive	*mъxà	*mъxù	*mъ̀xъ
dative	*mъxù	*mъxòma	*mъxòmъ
accusative	*mъ̀xъ	*mъxà	*mъxỳ
instrumental	mъxъ̀mь, mъxòmь^*	*mъxòma	*mъ̀xy
locative	*mъśě̀	*mъxù	*mъ̀śěxъ
vocative	*mъše	*mъxà	*mъśì

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

Declension of *mъ̏xъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mъ̏xъ	*mъ̏xa	*mъ̏śi
genitive	*mъ̏xa	*mъxù	*mъ̀xъ
dative	*mъ̏xu	*mъxomà	*mъxòmъ
accusative	*mъ̏xъ	*mъ̏xa	*mъ̏xy
instrumental	mъ̏xъmь, mъ̏xomь^*	*mъxomà	*mъxý
locative	*mъ̏śě	*mъxù	*mъśě̃xъ
vocative	*mъše	*mъ̏xa	*mъ̏śi

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мъхъ (mŭxŭ), мохъ (moxŭ)
  - Belarusian: мох (mox)
  - Russian: мох (mox)
  - Ukrainian: мох (mox)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: мъхъ (mŭxŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰿⱏⱈⱏ (mŭxŭ)
- Bulgarian: мъх (mǎh)
- Macedonian: мов (mov)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ма̀ховина
  
  Latin script: màhovina
- Slovene: mȃh (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mech
  - Czech: mech
- Polish: mech
- Old Slovak: mach
  - Slovak: mach
- Pannonian Rusyn: моховина (moxovina)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: moch
  - Lower Sorbian: mech

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333: “m. o (b/c) ‘moss’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “mъxъ mъxa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b moss (NA 109f., 141; SA 21, 139; PR 134)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333: “m. o (b/c) ‘moss’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “mъxъ mъxa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b moss (NA 109f., 141; SA 21, 139; PR 134)”

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