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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlva

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-eh₂, from *mlewH-.

Noun

*mъ̀lva f[1][2]

  1. speech

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мъ́лва (mŭ́lva), мо́лва (mólva), мълъва (mŭlŭva)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: млъва (mlŭva)
      Glagolitic script: ⰿⰾⱏⰲⰰ (mlŭva)
      • → Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: мува (rare, literary, archaic)
        Latin script: muva (rare, literary, archaic)
    • Bulgarian: мълва́ (mǎlvá); млъва́ (mlǎvá) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “молва́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъlva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 333: “f. ā ‘speech’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “mъlva”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a tale (PR 132)”
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