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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mętežь

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 *męsti +‎ *-ežь.

Noun

*mętežь m

  1. riot, unrest
  2. confusion, chaos

Declension

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Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мѧтежь (mętežĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: мѧтежъ (mjatež), метежь (metežʹ)[1]
        • Belarusian: мяце́ж (mjacjéž)
        • Ukrainian: меті́ж (metíž)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mětež, mietež
    • Slovak: mätež

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mętežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 17
  1. Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “мѧтежъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 269
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