Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mězgyrь

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

Apparently suffixed +‎ *-yrь (“agentive suffix”) from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mezgti (“to twist, to weave, to sew, to entangle etc.”) (Latvian mežģīt, Lithuanian mègzti), a Proto-Indo-European stem from which notably also Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ (“loop, knot; mesh”) derives, possibly also Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰós (“marrow; brain”).

Noun

*mězgyrь m

1. tarantula

   Hypernym: *pàǭkъ

Inflection

Declension of *mězgyrь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mězgyrь	*mězgyri	*mězgyrьje, *mězgyře*
genitive	*mězgyri	*mězgyrьju, *mězgyřu*	*mězgyrьjь, *mězgyri*
dative	*mězgyri	*mězgyrьma	*mězgyrьmъ
accusative	*mězgyrь	*mězgyri	*mězgyri
instrumental	*mězgyrьmь	*mězgyrьma	*mězgyrьmi
locative	*mězgyri	*mězgyrьju, *mězgyřu*	*mězgyrьxъ
vocative	*mězgyri	*mězgyri	*mězgyrьje, *mězgyře*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *mězgyrina (“tarantula's web”)
• *mězgyrevъ (“tarantula-related”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мѣзгирь (mězgirĭ), мизгирь (mizgirĭ)
    • Russian: мизги́рь (mizgírʹ), мызги́рь (myzgírʹ), музги́рь (muzgírʹ), музгы́рь (muzgýrʹ), мозгирь (mozgirʹ), ма́згарь (mázgarʹ) — dialectal
    • Ukrainian: мизги́рь (myzhýrʹ), мизги́р (myzhýr)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mězgyrь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 226
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mazgarь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 26
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mozgyrь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 97
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мизгирь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress