Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mangjás

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *mon-gʷ-yó-s, from *mon- (man). For the suffix, compare the unrelated Old Lithuanian žmuõ, modern Lithuanian žmogùs.[1]

    Noun

    *mangjás m[1]

    1. man
    2. husband

    Inflection

    Declension of *mangjás (o-stem, mobile accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *mangjás *mángjōˀ *mangjái(ˀ)
    accusative *mángjan *mángjōˀ *mángjō(ˀ)ns
    genitive *mángjā *mangjā́u(ˀ) *mangjṓn
    locative *mángjai *mangjā́u(ˀ) *mangjáišu
    dative *mángjōi *mangjámā(ˀ) *mangjámas
    instrumental *mángjōˀ *mangjámāˀ *mangjṓis
    vocative *mángje *mángjōˀ *mangjái(ˀ)

    Descendants

    • Proto-Slavic: *mǫ̑žь (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mǫ̑žь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330:m. jo (c) ‘man, husband’