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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/malъ

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mṓˀlas, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *smalaz (small), possibly Latin malus (bad).

Adjective

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*màlъ (comparative *mьňьjь)[1][2][3]

  1. small, petite (of size)
  2. little, short, brief (of quantity, duration)

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*màlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 300:adj. o (a) ‘small, little’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “malъ mala malo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 107, 188; PR 133; MP 22)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “mali”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *malъ̏ (določna oblika *málъjь)

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ма́лый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*malъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 173
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мал¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 662