Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mostъ

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 earlier *mosstъ < *mozdtъ, from Proto-Indo-European *mosd-to-s (“aggregate of timbers/boards”), from *mosd- + *tos (“collective”). Morphologically *mos- +‎ *-tъ.
Cognate with Latin mālus (“mast, pole”) (< *masdos and l < d), Middle Irish maide (“mast, stick”) (< *masdyos), Proto-Germanic *mastaz (> English mast)
From earlier *mottъ (“something what is dropped, thrown over”), from *mesti (“to throw, to drop”) +‎ *-tъ

Noun

*mȍstъ m^[1]^[2]

bridge
Synonym: *brьvь

Declension

Declension of *mȍstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mȍstъ	*mȍsta	*mȍsti
genitive	*mȍsta	*mostù	*mòstъ
dative	*mȍstu	*mostomà	*mostòmъ
accusative	*mȍstъ	*mȍsta	*mȍsty
instrumental	mȍstъmь, mȍstomь^*	*mostomà	*mostý
locative	*mȍstě	*mostù	*mostě̃xъ
vocative	*moste	*mȍsta	*mȍsti

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

Derived terms

*mostarь
*mostena
*mostěnъ
*mostica, *mostika, *mostikъ
*mostišče
*mostiti
- *mostina
- *mostyka
*Mostiťь, *mostiťь
*mostь
*mostьcь
*mostьnъ
- *mostьnica, *mostьnikъ
*mostьskъ
*mostovьje
*mostovъ
- *mostovica, *mostovikъ
- *mostovina
- *mostovišče
- *mostovъka
*mostъka, *mostъkъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мостъ (mostŭ)
  - Belarusian: мост (most)
  - Russian: мост (most), мостъ (most) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
    - → Kildin Sami: мо̄сст (mōsst)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: міст (mist), муст (must)
  - Ukrainian: міст (mist)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: мостъ (mostŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰿⱁⱄⱅⱏ (mostŭ)
- Bulgarian: мост (most)
- Macedonian: мост (most)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: мо̑ст
  
  Latin: mȏst
- Slovene: mọ̑st (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: most
  - Czech: most
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): most
- Polabian: möst
- Old Polish: most
  - Polish: most
  - Silesian: most
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: mòst
  - Slovincian: môst
- Old Slovak: most
  - Pannonian Rusyn: мост (most)
  - Slovak: most
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: móst
  - Lower Sorbian: móst

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȏstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326: “m. o (c) ‘bridge’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mostъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 157; PR 137)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȏstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326: “m. o (c) ‘bridge’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “mostъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 157; PR 137)”

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