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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъnogъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *managas, from late (Northern) Proto-Indo-European *monogʰos. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many”) and possibly further akin to Proto-Celtic *menekkis (“frequent”).

Adjective

*mъnogъ (comparative *vęťьjь)[1][2][3]

  1. many

Declension

Derived terms

  • *mъnogo (“many, much”) (adverb)
  • *mъnogota (“abundancy”)
  • *mъnožiti (“to multiply, to increase in number”)
    • *mъnožьstvo (“multiple, majority”)
    • *mъnožьkъ (“excessive”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мъногъ (mŭnogŭ), мъногꙑи (mŭnogyi)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mnohý
    • Polish: mnogi
    • Slovak: mnohý
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mnohi
      • Upper Sorbian: mnohi (archaic), młogi

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъnogo, *mъnogъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 229
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “много”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 183

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъnogъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 334: “adj. o ‘much, many’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъnogъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (sek. immobil accent) (SA 155; PR 133)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “mnọ̑g”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*mъ̏nogъ”
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