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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/my

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 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

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mes, from Proto-Indo-European *més, probably shortened from *n̥smés.[1] Cognate with Lithuanian mẽs and Old Armenian մեք (mekʻ).

    Pronoun

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    *my[2][3][4]

    1. we (plural)

    Declension

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    Proto-Slavic personal pronouns
    Singular 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
    Nominative *jãzъ, *jà *ty̑ —
    Accusative *mę̑ *tę̑ *sę̑
    Genitive *mȅne *tȅbe *sȅbe
    Locative *mьně̀ *tebě̀ *sebě̀
    Dative *mьně̀, *mi *tebě̀, *ti *sebě̀, *si
    Instrumental *mъnòjǫ, *mъnojǫ̀ *tobòjǫ, *tobojǫ̀ *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
    Possessive *mojь *tvojь *svojь
    Dual 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
    Nominative *vě̑ *vȃ —
    Accusative *nȃ *vȃ *sę̑
    Genitive *nàju *vàju *sȅbe
    Locative *nàju *vàju *sebě̀
    Dative *nàma, *na *vàma, *va *sebě̀, *si
    Instrumental *nàma *vàma *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
    Possessive *našь *vašь *svojь
    Plural 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
    Nominative *my̑ *vy̑ —
    Accusative *ny̑ *vy̑ *sę̑
    Genitive *nàsъ *vàsъ *sȅbe
    Locative *nàsъ *vàsъ *sebě̀
    Dative *nàmъ, *ny *vàmъ, *vy *sebě̀, *si
    Instrumental *nàmi *vàmi *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀
    Possessive *našь *vašь *svojь

    Descendants

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    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: мꙑ (my)
        • Old Ruthenian: мы (my)
          • Belarusian: мы (my)
          • Carpathian Rusyn: мы (mŷ)
          • Ukrainian: ми (my)
        • Russian: мы (my)
      • Old Novgorodian: мꙑ (my)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: мꙑ (my)
        Glagolitic script:
      • Bulgarian: ние (nie) (re-formed by analogy)
      • Macedonian: ние (nie) (re-formed by analogy), ми (mi) (dialectal), мие (mie) (dialectal)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: ми̑
        Latin script: mȋ
      • Slovene: mȋ (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: my
      • Old Polish: my
        • Polish: my
        • Silesian: my
      • Slovak: my
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: më
        • Slovincian: më
      • Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian: my
        • Upper Sorbian: my

    References

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    1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 570-1
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*my”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 336: “prn. ‘we’”
    3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “my”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “we: cf. table X (SA 34ff., 244)”
    4. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “mȋ”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*mŷ”

    Further reading

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    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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