Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/melstva

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *melsti +‎ *-tva. Cognate with Lithuanian milžtuvė̃ (“milk pail”).

Noun

*melstva f

  1. milking
  2. colostrum
  3. milk pail/vessel

Synonyms

  1. *mьlzenьje
  2. *melzivo

Inflection

Declension of *melstva (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *melstva *melstvě *melstvy
genitive *melstvy *melstvu *melstvъ
dative *melstvě *melstvama *melstvamъ
accusative *melstvǫ *melstvě *melstvy
instrumental *melstvojǫ, *melstvǫ** *melstvama *melstvami
locative *melstvě *melstvu *melstvasъ, *melstvaxъ*
vocative *melstvo *melstvě *melstvy

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: молостовъ (molostovŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: mlȇstva, mletva, mlȇtva, mletev

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*melztva/*melztvъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 96
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