Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męti

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 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 *mínˀtei. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mìnti (“to trample, to scutch”), Latvian mĩt (“to trample, to scutch”). Further cognates unclear:

Verb

*mę̀ti impf[4][5][6]

  1. to crumple, to rub

Conjugation

Conjugation of *męti, *mьne, *mьnetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*mьnenьje *męti *mętъ *mьnlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *mьnenъ *mьnomъ
Active *mьnъ *mьny
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *mьn(ox)ъ *mьne *mьne *mьnǫ *mьneši *mьnetь
Dual *mьn(ox)ově *mьn(e/os)ta *mьn(e/os)te *mьnevě *mьneta *mьnete
Plural *mьn(ox)omъ *mьn(e/os)te *mьnǫ, *mьnošę *mьnemъ *mьnete *mьnǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *mьněaxъ *mьněaše *mьněaše — *mьni *mьni
Dual *mьněaxově *mьněašeta *mьněašete *mьněvě *mьněta —
Plural *mьněaxomъ *mьněašete *mьněaxǫ *mьněmъ *mьněte —

Descendants

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 18

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “It is doubtful whether there are any cognates outside Balto-Slavic (cf. LIV: 438).”
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19
  3. ^ Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “мять”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “v. ‘compress, crumple, scutch’”
  5. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “męti: mьnǫ mьnetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 248, 251; PR 136; ?MP 27)”
  6. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “mẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*mę̋ti, sed. *mьnǫ̋”
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