Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Miroslavъ

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 *mȋrъ (peace; world) +‎ *-o- +‎ *slàva (glory, fame).

Proper noun

*Miroslàvъ m (feminine *Miroslàva)

  1. a male given name, Miroslav

Declension

Declension of *Miroslavъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *Miroslavъ *Miroslava *Miroslavi
genitive *Miroslava *Miroslavu *Miroslavъ
dative *Miroslavu *Miroslavoma *Miroslavomъ
accusative *Miroslavъ *Miroslava *Miroslavy
instrumental *Miroslavъmь, *Miroslavomь* *Miroslavoma *Miroslavy
locative *Miroslavě *Miroslavu *Miroslavěxъ
vocative *Miroslave *Miroslava *Miroslavi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: Мирославъ (Miroslavŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: Мирославе (Miroslave), Миръславе (Mirŭslave), Мирславе (Mirslave)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*miroslavъ/*miroslava”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 54
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “Миросла́в”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 464

References

  1. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “Мирославъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 595