Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlviti

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-der.
    Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lva
    Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
    Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
    Proto-Slavic *-iti
    Proto-Slavic *mъlviti

    From *mъ̀lva (“speech”) +‎ *-iti (“denominal suffix”); or continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-éye-ti, from *mlewH- (“to speak”). Cognate with Sanskrit ब्रवीति (brávīti, “to say”), Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (mraoiti, “to say”). Per Chernykh, some linguists link the root to Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “song, melody”).

    Verb

    *mъlviti

    1. to speak, to say

    Inflection

    Conjugation of *mъlviti, *mъlvi, *mъlvitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
    Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
    *mъlvľenьje *mъlviti *mъlvitъ *mъlvilъ
    Participles
    Tense Past Present
    Passive *mъlvľenъ *mъlvimъ
    Active *mъlvľь *mъlvę
    Aorist Present
    Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    Singular *mъlvixъ *mъlvi *mъlvi *mъlvľǫ *mъlviši *mъlvitь
    Dual *mъlvixově *mъlvista *mъlviste *mъlvivě *mъlvita *mъlvite
    Plural *mъlvixomъ *mъlviste *mъlvišę *mъlvimъ *mъlvite *mъlvętь
    Imperfect Imperative
    Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    Singular *mъlvľaaxъ *mъlvľaaše *mъlvľaaše — *mъlvi *mъlvi
    Dual *mъlvľaaxově *mъlvľaašeta *mъlvľaašete *mъlvivě *mъlvita —
    Plural *mъlvľaaxomъ *mъlvľaašete *mъlvľaaxǫ *mъlvimъ *mъlvite —
      Notes:
    • (*)*mъlvivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlviti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 227

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъlviti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “v. ‘speak, say’”
    2. ^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “мо́лвить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 538
    3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъlviti: mъlvjǫ mъlvitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a tale (PR 133)”
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