Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mitъ

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange”) + *-tъ. Probably deverbial from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mīˀtei (“to turn, to change”),^[1] attested in Latvian mît (“to exchange”).

*mitъ

1. lean, slant

   Synonyms: *krivъ, *jьzvitъ

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: мит (mit) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: у̀сумит

    Latin script: ùsumit

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мит³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 131

*mitъ m

1. turnabout, roll → rudder (of boats)

• *mititi (“to knead, to mix”)
• *mitati (“to roam, to wander”)
• *mitorъ (“mixture”)

• *mitě (“in turn”)
• *mitva (“mix”)
• *mitusь (“confusion, mess”)
• *mimo, *mivo (“along”)

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ми̏т (dialectal)

    Latin script: mȉt (dialectal)

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mitъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 61