Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mězgyrь

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

Apparently suffixed +‎ *-yrь (“agentive suffix”) from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mezgti (“to twist, to weave, to sew, to entangle etc.”) (Latvian mežģīt, Lithuanian mègzti), a Proto-Indo-European stem from which notably also Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ (“loop, knot; mesh”) derives, possibly also Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰós (“marrow; brain”).

Compare typologically English spider (akin to spin), Turkish örümcek (akin to örmek).

Noun

*mězgyrь m (East Slavic)

tarantula
Hypernym: *pàǭkъ

Inflection

Declension of *mězgyrь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mězgyrь	*mězgyri	mězgyrьje, mězgyře^*
genitive	*mězgyri	mězgyrьju, mězgyřu^*	mězgyrьjь, mězgyri^*
dative	*mězgyri	*mězgyrьma	*mězgyrьmъ
accusative	*mězgyrь	*mězgyri	*mězgyri
instrumental	*mězgyrьmь	*mězgyrьma	*mězgyrьmi
locative	*mězgyri	mězgyrьju, mězgyřu^*	*mězgyrьxъ
vocative	*mězgyri	*mězgyri	mězgyrьje, mězgyře^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*mězgyrina (“tarantula's web”)
*mězgyrevъ (“tarantula-related”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѣзгирь (mězgirĭ), мизгирь (mizgirĭ)
  - Russian: мизги́рь (mizgírʹ), мызги́рь (myzgírʹ), музги́рь (muzgírʹ), музгы́рь (muzgýrʹ), мозгирь (mozgirʹ), ма́згарь (mázgarʹ) — dialectal
  - Ukrainian: мизги́рь (myzhýrʹ), мизги́р (myzhýr)