Reconstruction:Old Novgorodian/мѧхо

This Old Novgorodian 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 Novgorodian

Etymology

Old Pskovian reflex х (x) < с (ś) < с (s) of Eastern Old Novgorodian мѧсо (męso), inherited from Proto-Slavic *mę̑so^[1], ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mḗns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, from *mems- (“flesh, meat”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: *мѧ‧хо

Noun

*мѧхо • (*męxo) n

Old Pskovian form of мѧсо (męso, “meat”)

Descendants

→ Russian: мя́хо (mjáxo) (Pskov)
- ⇒ Russian: мяхно́й (mjaxnój) (Pskov)

References

^ Gluskina, S. M. (1962) “Морфонологические наблюдения над звуком [ch] в псковских говорах [Morphophonological observations on the sound [ch] in Pskov dialects]”, in Larin, B. A., editor, Псковские говоры: Труды Первой псковской диалектологической конференции 1960 года [Pskov dialects: Proceedings of the First Pskov Dialectological Conference of 1960]‎^[1] (in Russian), number 1, Pskov: Pskov State Pedagogical University named after S. M. Kirov, page 28‒57

[1] Gluskina, S. M. (1962) “Морфонологические наблюдения над звуком [ch] в псковских говорах [Morphophonological observations on the sound [ch] in Pskov dialects]”, in Larin, B. A., editor, Псковские говоры: Труды Первой псковской диалектологической конференции 1960 года [Pskov dialects: Proceedings of the First Pskov Dialectological Conference of 1960]‎^[1] (in Russian), number 1, Pskov: Pskov State Pedagogical University named after S. M. Kirov, page 28‒57

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