Reconstruction:Old East Slavic/Москꙑ

This Old East 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.

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mosky, thought to be related to the name of the Moskva River, of uncertain ultimate origin.^[1]^[2] More at Moscow.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

*Москꙑ (*Mosky) f

Moscow (the capital city of modern Russia)

Declension

Declension of *Москꙑ (v-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Москꙑ Mosky	Москъви Moskŭvi	Москъви Moskŭvi
genitive	Москъве Moskŭve	Москъву Moskŭvu	Москъвъ Moskŭvŭ
dative	Москъви Moskŭvi	Москъвама Moskŭvama	Москъвамъ Moskŭvamŭ
accusative	Москъвь Moskŭvĭ	Москъви Moskŭvi	Москъви Moskŭvi
instrumental	Москъвиѭ, Москъвьѭ Moskŭvijǫ, Moskŭvĭjǫ	Москъвама Moskŭvama	Москъвами Moskŭvami
locative	Москъве Moskŭve	Москъву Moskŭvu	Москъвахъ Moskŭvaxŭ
vocative	Москꙑ Mosky	Москъви Moskŭvi	Москъви Moskŭvi

Descendants

⇒ Old East Slavic: Москъвь (Moskŭvĭ), Московь (Moskovĭ)
- Old Ruthenian: Москва́ (Moskvá)
  - Belarusian: Масква́ (Maskvá)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: Москва́ (Moskvá)
  - Ukrainian: Москва́ (Moskvá)
- Russian: Москва́ (Moskvá), Мо́сква (Móskva) (dialectal) (see there for further descendants)
- → Latin: Moscovia
- → English: Moscow
- → French: Moscou
- → German: Moskau
- → Dutch: Moskou
- → Tatar: Мәскәү (Mäskäw)
- → Bashkir: Мәскәү (Məskəw)
- → Kazakh: Мәскеу (Mäskeu)

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Москва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Smolitskaya, G.P. (2002). Toponimicheskyi slovar' Tsentral'noy Rossii Топонимический словарь Центральной России (in Russian). pp. 211–2017. ^ Tarkiainen, Kari (2010). Ruotsin itämaa. Helsinki: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. p. 19.

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

[2] Smolitskaya, G.P. (2002). Toponimicheskyi slovar' Tsentral'noy Rossii Топонимический словарь Центральной России (in Russian). pp. 211–2017. ^ Tarkiainen, Kari (2010). Ruotsin itämaa. Helsinki: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. p. 19.

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