Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myšь

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

Field mouse of the subgenus Mus.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

Noun

*mỳšь f

1. mouse

Inflection

Declension of *mỳšь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mỳšь	*mỳši	*mỳši
genitive	*mỳšī	*mỳšьju, *mỳšu*	*mỳšьjь, *mỳšī*
dative	*mỳši	*mỳšьma	*mỳšьmъ
accusative	*mỳšь	*mỳši	*mỳši
instrumental	*mỳšьjǫ, *mỳšǭ*	*mỳšьma	*mỳšьmī
locative	*mỳšī	*mỳšьju, *mỳšu*	*mỳšьxъ
vocative	*myši	*mỳši	*mỳši

^* 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).

See also

• *stьbľь, *maca, *kotъ

Related terms

• *myšakъ
• *myšarjь
• *myšastъ / *myšatъ
• *myšejadъ / *myšejadь / *myšejaďa
  • *myšejadina
• *myšelopъ
• *myšelovъ / *myšilovъ (“buzzard”)
  • *myšelovъka
  • *myšelovьcь / *myšelovica
• *myšemorъ
• *myšenina
• *myšenъka
• *myšepadъ
• *myšepolxъ
• *myšepǫdъ
• *myšera / *myšerъ
• *myšerězъ
• *myšetravъ
• *myševatъ, myševitъ
• *myševъ
  • *myševina
• *myševějь
• *myšę (*myšęt-)
  • *myšętina
  • *myšęťь
  • *myšętьnikъ
• *myšikъ m, *myšica f
• *myšina
• *myšinъ
  • *myšinьcь
• *myšišče
• *myšiťь
• *myšura / *myšurъ
• *myšьcь m, *myšьca f (“muscle”)
• *myšь
  • *myšьjakъ
• *myšьkъ m, *myšьka f
  • *myšьkovati
• *myšьnъ (“related to the upper arm”)
  • *myšьnikъ m, *myšьnica f / *myšьna (“biceps, armpit”)
  • *myšьnjakъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мꙑшь (myšĭ)
    • Belarusian: мыш (myš)
    • Russian: мышь (myšʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ми́ша (mýša), миш (myš)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: мꙑшь (myšĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰿⱏⰹⱎⱐ (myšĭ)

  • Bulgarian: мишка (miška), миш (miš) (obsolete)
  • Macedonian: миш (miš) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ми̏ш

    Latin script: mȉš

  • Slovene: mȉš (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: myš
    • Czech: myš
  • Polabian: mois
  • Polish: mysz
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: mësz
  • Old Slovak: myš
    • Pannonian Rusyn: миша (miša)
    • Slovak: myš
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: myš
    • Lower Sorbian: myš

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мышь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мышь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 552
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*myšь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65

Etymology 2

From *mỳšь (“mouse”) +‎ *-ьjь.

Adjective

*myšь

1. (relational) mouse

Declension

Indefinite declension of *myšь (soft)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*myšь	*myša	*myše
genitive	*myša	*myšę̇	*myša
dative	*myšu	*myši	*myšu
accusative	*myšь	*myšǫ	*myše
instrumental	*myšemь	*myšejǫ	*myšemь
locative	*myši	*myši	*myši
vocative	*myšu	*myše	*myše
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*myša	*myši	*myši
genitive	*myšu	*myšu	*myšu
dative	*myšema	*myšama	*myšema
accusative	*myša	*myši	*myši
instrumental	*myšema	*myšama	*myšema
locative	*myšu	*myšu	*myšu
vocative	*myša	*myši	*myši
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*myši	*myšę̇	*myša
genitive	*myšь	*myšь	*myšь
dative	*myšemъ	*myšamъ	*myšemъ
accusative	*myšę̇	*myšę̇	*myša
instrumental	*myši	*myšami	*myši
locative	*myšixъ	*myšaxъ	*myšixъ
vocative	*myši	*myšę̇	*myša

Definite declension of *myšь (soft)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*myšьjь	*myšaja	*myšeje
genitive	*myšajego	*myšę̇ję̇	*myšajego
dative	*myšujemu	*myšiji	*myšujemu
accusative	*myšьjь	*myšǫjǫ	*myšeje
instrumental	*myšijimь	*myšǫjǫ	*myšijimь
locative	*myšijemь	*myšiji	*myšijemь
vocative	*myšьjь	*myšaja	*myšeje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*myšaja	*myšiji	*myšiji
genitive	*myšuju	*myšuju	*myšuju
dative	*myšijima	*myšijima	*myšijima
accusative	*myšaja	*myšiji	*myšiji
instrumental	*myšijima	*myšijima	*myšijima
locative	*myšuju	*myšuju	*myšuju
vocative	*myšaja	*myšiji	*myšiji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*myšiji	*myšę̇ję̇	*myšaja
genitive	*myšьjixъ	*myšьjixъ	*myšьjixъ
dative	*myšijimъ	*myšijimъ	*myšijimъ
accusative	*myšę̇ję̇	*myšę̇ję̇	*myšaja
instrumental	*myšijimi	*myšijimi	*myšijimi
locative	*myšijixъ	*myšijixъ	*myšijixъ
vocative	*myšiji	*myšę̇ję̇	*myšaja

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мꙑшь (myšĭ)
    • Russian: мы́ший (mýšij)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: мыший (myšij)
    • Bulgarian: ми́ши (míši)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ми̏шјӣ, ми̏шијӣ, (dialectal) ми̏шји

    Latin script: mȉšjī, mȉšиjī, (dialectal) mȉšji

  • Slovene: mȋšji (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: mëszi
  • Old Czech: myší
    • Czech: myší
  • Old Polish: myszy
    • Polish: myszy, (dialectal) mysi
    • Silesian: myszy
  • Slovak: myší