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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męčь

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

Resultant noun from *męčati (“to squash, to knead”) +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*męčь m[1]

  1. ball, blob, bun

Declension

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Derived terms
  • *męčę, *męčikъ (diminutive)
  • *męčьkъ (“squishy, mushy”)
  • *męčьnъ (“squashed”)
  • *męča (“mush”)
  • *mękotь (“soft part of a structure, flesh, pulp”)
  • *mękyšь (“soft bread/cake”)
  • *mękъkъ (“soft, smushy”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: мяч (mjač)
    • Russian: мяч (mjač)
    • Ukrainian: м'яч (mʺjač)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: меч (meč), ме́чка (méčka, “soft bun or loaf of bread”) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: mẹ̑č (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mieč
      • Czech: míč
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): mlíć
    • Polabian: mąc
    • Slovincian: mňi̯ač
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мяч”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męčь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 234

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “męčь męča”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 126f.; RPT 102)”
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