Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mitъ

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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-Indo-European *mey- (to exchange) + *-tъ. Probably deverbial from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mīˀtei (to turn, to change), attested in Latvian mît (to exchange).

Adjective

*mitъ

  1. lean, slant
    Synonyms: *krivъ, *jьzvitъ

Declension

Indefinite declension of *mitъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *mitъ *mita *mito
genitive *mita *mity *mita
dative *mitu *mitě *mitu
accusative *mitъ *mitǫ *mito
instrumental *mitomь *mitojǫ *mitomь
locative *mitě *mitě *mitě
vocative *mite *mito *mito
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *mita *mitě *mitě
genitive *mitu *mitu *mitu
dative *mitoma *mitama *mitoma
accusative *mita *mitě *mitě
instrumental *mitoma *mitama *mitoma
locative *mitu *mitu *mitu
vocative *mita *mitě *mitě
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *miti *mity *mita
genitive *mitъ *mitъ *mitъ
dative *mitomъ *mitamъ *mitomъ
accusative *mity *mity *mita
instrumental *mity *mitami *mity
locative *mitěxъ *mitaxъ *mitěxъ
vocative *miti *mity *mita
Definite declension of *mitъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *mitъjь *mitaja *mitoje
genitive *mitajego *mityję̇ *mitajego
dative *mitujemu *mitěji *mitujemu
accusative *mitъjь *mitǫjǫ *mitoje
instrumental *mityjimь *mitǫjǫ *mityjimь
locative *mitějemь *mitěji *mitějemь
vocative *mitъjь *mitaja *mitoje
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *mitaja *mitěji *mitěji
genitive *mituju *mituju *mituju
dative *mityjima *mityjima *mityjima
accusative *mitaja *mitěji *mitěji
instrumental *mityjima *mityjima *mityjima
locative *mituju *mituju *mituju
vocative *mitaja *mitěji *mitěji
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *mitiji *mityję̇ *mitaja
genitive *mitъjixъ *mitъjixъ *mitъjixъ
dative *mityjimъ *mityjimъ *mityjimъ
accusative *mityję̇ *mityję̇ *mitaja
instrumental *mityjimi *mityjimi *mityjimi
locative *mityjixъ *mityjixъ *mityjixъ
vocative *mitiji *mityję̇ *mitaja

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: мит (mit) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: у̀сумит
      Latin script: ùsumit

Further reading

Noun

*mitъ m

  1. turnabout, rollrudder (of boats)

Declension

Declension of *mitъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *mitъ *mita *miti
genitive *mita *mitu *mitъ
dative *mitu *mitoma *mitomъ
accusative *mitъ *mita *mity
instrumental *mitъmь, *mitomь* *mitoma *mity
locative *mitě *mitu *mitěxъ
vocative *mite *mita *miti

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ми̏т (dialectal)
      Latin script: mȉt (dialectal)

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mīt”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 544