Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męso

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

An o-stem noun back-formed from *mēnsā́ˀ, the plural of Proto-Balto-Slavic *mḗns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms.

Noun

*mę̑so n

1. meat

Declension

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mę̑so	*mę̑sě	*męsà
genitive	*mę̑sa	*męsù	*mę̃sъ
dative	*mę̑su	*męsomà	*męsòmъ
accusative	*mę̑so	*mę̑sě	*męsà
instrumental	*mę̑sъmь, *mę̑somь*	*męsomà	*męsý
locative	*mę̑sě	*męsù	*męsě̃xъ
vocative	*mę̑so	*mę̑sě	*męsà

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

Derived terms

• *męsařь (“meatman, butcher”)
• *męsatъ (“meaty, fleshy”)
• *męsěnъ
• *męsistъ (“meaty, fleshy”)
• *męsišče
• *męsitъ (“meaty, fleshy”)
• *męsivo
• *męsojědъ (“meat-eater”)
• *męsovitъ
• *męsujь
• *męsьko
• *męsьce
• *męsьje
• *męsьjь
• *męsьnъ
  • *męsьnica
  • *męsьnikъ (“meatman, butcher; meat pie”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: мя́са (mjása)
  • Russian: мя́со (mjáso), Russian: мя́хо (mjáxo) (Pskov)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: мнясо (mnjaso)
  • Ukrainian: м'я́со (mʺjáso)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: мѧсо (męso)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: месо́ (mesó), ме́нцу (méncu) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: ме́со (méso)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ме̑со

    Latin script: mȇso

  • Slovene: mesọ̑ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: maso
    • Czech: maso
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): maso
  • Kashubian: miãso
  • Polabian: mąsi
  • Polish: mięso
  • Silesian: miynso
  • Slovak: mäso
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mjaso
    • Lower Sorbian: měso

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мясо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress