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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mękъkъ

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-Balto-Slavic *minˀkus (u-stem), from a k-extension of Proto-Indo-European *menH-. Equivalent to Proto-Balto-Slavic *minˀkas + *-ъkъ.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mìnkštas (soft), Latvian mîksts (soft).

Adjective

*mę̑kъkъ[1][2][3]

  1. soft
    Antonym: *tvьrdъ

Declension

Derived terms

  • *mękъčati, *mękъčiti (causative-iterative verbs)
  • *mękъkoba, *mękъkostь, *mękъkota (abstract nouns)
  • *mękъkavъ (secondary adjective)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мѧкъкъ (mękŭkŭ), мѧгъкъ (męgŭkŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: мѧкъкъ (mękŭkŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰿⱔⰽⱏⰽⱏ (mękŭkŭ)
    • Bulgarian: мек (mek)
    • Macedonian: мек (mek)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ме̏к
      Latin script: mȅk
    • Slovene: méhək (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mę̏kъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 314:adj. o (c) ‘soft’
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “męk(ъkъ)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c blød (PR 138)
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “mehek”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *mę̑kъkъ

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мягкий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мягкий”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 552
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mękъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 248
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