Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Mьstivojь

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 imperative form of *mьstiti (“take vengeance, revenge, avenge”) +‎ *vojь (“soldier”), from Proto-Indo-European *mith₂-ti-, *woyh₁-o-.

Proper noun

*Mьstivojь m

a male given name

Declension

Declension of *Mьstivojь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Mьstivojь	*Mьstivoja	*Mьstivoji
genitive	*Mьstivoja	*Mьstivoju	*Mьstivojь
dative	*Mьstivoju	*Mьstivojema	*Mьstivojemъ
accusative	*Mьstivojь	*Mьstivoja	*Mьstivoję̇
instrumental	Mьstivojьmь, Mьstivojemь^*	*Mьstivojema	*Mьstivoji
locative	*Mьstivoji	*Mьstivoju	*Mьstivojixъ
vocative	*Mьstivoju	*Mьstivoja	*Mьstivoji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

(1=*mьstiti)
- *Mьstišь / *Mьstiša
- *Mьstęta
- *Mьstibogъ
- *Mьstiborъ
- *Mьstidrugъ
- *Mьstigněvъ
- *Mьstiradъ
- *Mьstislavъ
- *Mьstivojь
- *Mьstivujь
(2=*mьstь)
- *Boljemьstь
(1=*vojь)
- *Vojьtěxъ
(2=*vojь)
- *Bivojь
- *Borivojь
- *Budivojь
- *Mьstivojь
- *Xotivojь
- *Ljubivojь
- *Milivojь
- *Dobrovojь
- *Doljevojь

Descendants

West Slavic:
- Old Czech: Mstivoj
  - Czech: Mstivoj
- Kashubian: Mscëwòj
- Old Polish: Mściwoj, Mistiwoj

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьstivojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 172