Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫty

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 *mǫtiti +‎ *-y.

Noun

*mǫty f^[1]

mixer, churn-staff

Declension

Declension of *mǫty (hard v-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mǫty	*mǫtъ̀vi	*mǫtъ̀vi
genitive	*mǫtъ̀ve	*mǫtъ̀vu	*mǫtъ̀vъ
dative	*mǫtъ̀vi	mǫtъ̀vьma, mǫtъ̀vama^*	mǫtъ̀vьmъ, mǫtъ̀vamъ^*
accusative	*mǫtъ̀vь	*mǫtъ̀vi	*mǫtъ̀vi
instrumental	mǫtъ̀vьjǫ, mǫtъ̀vľǭ^**	mǫtъ̀vьma, mǫtъ̀vama^*	mǫtъ̀vьmī, mǫtъ̀vamī^*
locative	*mǫtъ̀ve	*mǫtъ̀vu	mǫtъ̀vьxъ, mǫtъ̀vaxъ^*
vocative	*mǫty	*mǫtъ̀vi	*mǫtъ̀vi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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:
- Russian: мутова (mutova) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mútev
  - Czech: moutev (dialectal)
- Old Polish: mątew
  - Polish: mątew
- Pomeranian:
  - Slovincian: mãtew
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: mutwej
  - Upper Sorbian: mutej

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫty”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 147