Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męsarь

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *męšarь (< + *-jarь)

Etymology

From *męso (“meat”) +‎ *-arь.

Noun

*męsarь m

1. butcher (a person who prepares and sells meat)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *мѧсарь (*męsarĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *мѧса́ръ (*mjasár)
      • Ukrainian: м'яса́рь (mʺjasárʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: меса́р (mesár)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: меса́рин (mesárin)
  • Macedonian: месар (mesar)
  • Old Serbo-Croatian: mesar (14ᵗʰ c.)
    • Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: ме̏са̄р

      Latin script: mȅsār

  • Slovene: mesár (tonal orthography), mesar (archaic), mȩsâr (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: masař
    • → Polish: masarz
    • → Silesian: masŏrz
  • Old Polish: mięsiarz
    • Polish: mięsiarz
  • Old Slovak: mäsár, mesár, mäser, meser, mäsiar, mesiar, mäsier, mesier
    • Pannonian Rusyn: месар (mesar)
    • Slovak: mäsiar (dialectal)
  • Slovincian: mãsorz