Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Mьstivujь

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”) +‎ *ujь (“uncle on mother's side”), from Proto-Indo-European *mith₂-ti-, *h₂ewh₂-i-o- (> Proto-Balto-Slavic *auʔ(i)o-).

Proper noun

*Mьstivujь m

a male given name

Declension

Declension of *Mьstivujь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Mьstivujь	*Mьstivuja	*Mьstivuji
genitive	*Mьstivuja	*Mьstivuju	*Mьstivujь
dative	*Mьstivuju	*Mьstivujema	*Mьstivujemъ
accusative	*Mьstivujь	*Mьstivuja	*Mьstivuję̇
instrumental	Mьstivujьmь, Mьstivujemь^*	*Mьstivujema	*Mьstivuji
locative	*Mьstivuji	*Mьstivuju	*Mьstivujixъ
vocative	*Mьstivuju	*Mьstivuja	*Mьstivuji

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

Related terms

*Mьstęta
*Mьstibogъ
*Mьstiborъ
*Mьstidrugъ
*Mьstigněvъ
*Mьstiradъ
*Mьstislavъ
*Mьstišь, *Mьstiša
*Mьstivojь

Descendants

West Slavic:
- Kashubian: Mscëwùj
- Old Polish: Mściwuj / Mściuj, Mystiuy, Mistwi

References

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