Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mošьna

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 Proto-Indo-European *mak-s-in-eh₂. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian makšnà (“case”), Old Prussian dantimax (“gums”). Further cognates with Old High German mago (“stomach”).

Noun

*mošьnà f

1. small bag
2. purse

Declension

Declension of *mošьnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mošьnà	*mošь̀ně	*mošьnỳ
genitive	*mošьnỳ	*mošьnù	*mošь̀nъ
dative	*mošьně̀	*mošьnàma	*mošьnàmъ
accusative	*mošьnǫ̀	*mošь̀ně	*mošьnỳ
instrumental	*mošьnòjǫ, *mošь̀nǫ**	*mošьnàma	*mošьnàmī
locative	*mošьně̀	*mošьnù	*mošьnàsъ, *mošьnàxъ*
vocative	*mošьno	*mošь̀ně	*mošьnỳ

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: мошна́ (mošná)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: мошьна (mošĭna)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мо̏шња

    Latin script: mȍšnja

    • Chakavian (Orbanići): mȍšnja
  • Slovene: móšnjа (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mošna
    • Czech: mošna
      • Moravian (Mistřice): mošňa
  • Polish: moszna
  • Slovak: mošna
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mоšеń
    • Lower Sorbian: mоšуnа

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мошна́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress