Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měxъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *maišás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós. Cognate with Lithuanian maĩšas (“bag, sack”), Latvian màiss (“bag”), Old Prussian moasis (“bellows”), Sanskrit मेष m (meṣá, “ram, sheep”), Persian ‎ (meš, “sheep, ewe”), Old Norse meiss m (“basket”), Old High German meisa m (“pannier”).

Noun

*mě̑xъ m

leather bag

Declension

Declension of *mě̑xъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mě̑xъ	*mě̑xa	*mě̑śi
Accusative	*mě̑xъ	*mě̑xa	*mě̑xy
Genitive	*mě̑xa	*měxù	*mě̃xъ
Locative	*mě̑śě	*měxù	*měśě̃xъ
Dative	*mě̑xu	*měxomà	*měxòmъ
Instrumental	mě̑xъmь, mě̑xomь^*	*měxomà	*měxý
Vocative	*měše	*mě̑xa	*mě̑śi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic: мѣхъ (měxŭ), мѣшькъ (měšĭkŭ)
- Belarusian: мех (mjex), мяшо́к (mjašók)
- Russian: мех (mex), мешо́к (mešók)
- Ukrainian: міх (mix), мішо́к (mišók)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: мѣхъ (měxŭ)
- Bulgarian: мях (mjah), мех (meh)
- Macedonian: мев (mev)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: мије̑х, ме̑х
  
  Roman: mijȇh, mȇh
- Slovene: mẹ̑h (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: měch, míšek
- Polish: miech, mieszek
- Slovak: mech, miešok
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: měch, měšk

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