Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/morvь

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *marwis, from Proto-Indo-European *morwís, from *morwi-.

Noun

*morvь m

1. ant

Derived terms

• *morva
  • *morvica
  • *morvina
  • *morvja
  • *morvuňakъ
  • *morvunъka
  • *morvъka
  • *morvъkъ
    • *morvъčьjь
• *morvarь
• *morv-en-
  • *morvenišče
  • *morvenъkъ
  • *morvenьcь
• *morvinъ
  • *morviňakъ
  • *morvinьcь
• *morvistъ
• *morvišče
• *morviti
• *morviťь
• *morvjь
  • *morvjinъ
  • *morvjišče
  • *morvjiti
• *morvъ
• *morvъjь
• *morvьcь
• *morvьje
• *morvьjevъ
• *morvьjь
  • *morvьja
  • *morvьjinъ
  • *morvьjišče
  • *morvьjьnъ
    • *morvьjьnikъ
  • *morvьjьskъ
• *morvьnъ
  • *morvьnikъ
• *morvьskъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: мура́вь (murávʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: мраф' (mraf') (dialectal)
  • Slovene: mrȃv (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*morvь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 247