Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/misъka

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

Originally a diminutive form of *mìsa (bowl) +‎ *-ъka (diminutive suffix).[1]

Noun

*mìsъka f

  1. bowl

Declension

Declension of *mìsъka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *mìsъka *mìsъcě *mìsъky
genitive *mìsъky *mìsъku *mìsъkъ
dative *mìsъcě *mìsъkama *mìsъkamъ
accusative *mìsъkǫ *mìsъcě *mìsъky
instrumental *mìsъkojǫ, *mìsъkǭ** *mìsъkama *mìsъkamī
locative *mìsъcě *mìsъku *mìsъkasъ, *mìsъkaxъ*
vocative *mìsъko *mìsъcě *mìsъky

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ми́ска (míska)
      • Old Ruthenian: ми́ска (míska)
        • Belarusian: мі́ска (míska); мы́ска (mýska), мэ́ска (méska) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: ми́ска (mýska)
      • Russian: ми́ска (míska); мь́скъ (mʹ́sk) (Old Believers dialect)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: miska
    • Polish: miska; mńiska (dialectal)
    • Pomeranian:
      • Slovincian: mjiska
    • Slovak: miska
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: miska (obsolete)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*misъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 59