Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫžikъ

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 *mǫ̑žь (“man”) +‎ *-ikъ.

Noun

*mǫžikъ m^[1]

Declension

Declension of *mǫžikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mǫžikъ	*mǫžika	*mǫžici
genitive	*mǫžika	*mǫžiku	*mǫžikъ
dative	*mǫžiku	*mǫžikoma	*mǫžikomъ
accusative	*mǫžikъ	*mǫžika	*mǫžiky
instrumental	mǫžikъmь, mǫžikomь^*	*mǫžikoma	*mǫžiky
locative	*mǫžicě	*mǫžiku	*mǫžicěxъ
vocative	*mǫžiče	*mǫžika	*mǫžici

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѫжикъ (mǫžikŭ), мужикъ (mužikŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: мужи́къ (mužík), мужы́къ (mužýk)
    - Belarusian: мужы́к (mužýk)
    - Ukrainian: мужи́к (mužýk)
  - Russian: мужи́к (mužík)
    - → Polish: mużyk
South Slavic:
- Slovene: mǫ̑žik
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: mążëk
- Old Czech: mužík
  - Czech: mužík; mužik (dialectal)
- Old Polish: mężyk
  - Polish: mężyk; mążyk (archaic)
- Slovak: mužik
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: mužyk
  - Upper Sorbian: mužik

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫžikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 157

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫžikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 157

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