Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měžiti

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.

Iterative/causative o-grade form of Proto-Slavic *migàti, *mьžiti + *-iti. Reflects Proto-Balto-Slavic *máigīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-. Akin to Lithuanian miegóti (“to sleep”), Old Prussian meicte (“to sleep”).

*měžiti

1. to move (around), set into motion?
2. to close one's eyes

• *migъ (“blink”)
  • *migàti (“to blink, to wink”)
  • *mižiti (“to keep one's eyes closed”)
• *mьga (“mist, haze”)
  • *mьžiti (“to doze; to drizzle”)

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old East Slavic: съмѣжити (sŭměžiti)
    • ⇒ Russian: смежи́ть (smežítʹ)
    • ⇒ Russian: смежа́ть (smežátʹ)
  • Russian: межи́ть (mežítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: съмѣжити (sŭměžiti)
  • Slovene: mẹ́žiti (“to shut, to trample”)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “межить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měžiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 232