Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Mьstivojь

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 imperative form of *mьstiti (“take vengeance, revenge, avenge”) +‎ *vojь (“soldier”), from Proto-Indo-European *mith₂-ti-, *woyh₁-o-.

Proper noun

*Mьstivojь m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of *Mьstivojь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Mьstivojь	*Mьstivoja	*Mьstivoji
genitive	*Mьstivoja	*Mьstivoju	*Mьstivojь
dative	*Mьstivoju	*Mьstivojema	*Mьstivojemъ
accusative	*Mьstivojь	*Mьstivoja	*Mьstivoję̇
instrumental	*Mьstivojьmь, *Mьstivojemь*	*Mьstivojema	*Mьstivoji
locative	*Mьstivoji	*Mьstivoju	*Mьstivojixъ
vocative	*Mьstivoju	*Mьstivoja	*Mьstivoji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• (1=*mьstiti)
  • *Mьstišь / *Mьstiša
  • *Mьstęta
  • *Mьstibogъ
  • *Mьstiborъ
  • *Mьstidrugъ
  • *Mьstigněvъ
  • *Mьstiradъ
  • *Mьstislavъ
  • *Mьstivojь
  • *Mьstivujь
• (2=*mьstь)
  • *Boljemьstь
• (1=*vojь)
  • *Vojьtěxъ
• (2=*vojь)
  • *Bivojь
  • *Borivojь
  • *Budivojь
  • *Mьstivojь
  • *Xotivojь
  • *Ljubivojь
  • *Milivojь
  • *Dobrovojь
  • *Doljevojь

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: Mstivoj
    • Czech: Mstivoj
  • Kashubian: Mscëwòj
  • Old Polish: Mściwoj, Mistiwoj

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьstivojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 172