Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myti

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 *m(a)ūˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *muH- (<*miuH-) and cognate with Lithuanian maudyti, Latvian maut, Latin moveo, and Sanskrit मीवति (mī́vati, “move, push”) according to Derksen (2008: 338) (see Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move”)). According to Pokorny 741-743, from a Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“wet, damp, to wash”).

Verb

*mỳti impf^[1]^[2]

to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of *myti, *my, *myjetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mytьje	*myti	*mytъ	*mylъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mytъ	*myjemъ
Active	*myvъ	*myję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*myxъ	*my	*my	*myjǫ	*myješi	*myjetь
Dual	*myxově	*mysta	*myste	*myjevě	*myjeta	*myjete
Plural	*myxomъ	*myste	*myšę	*myjemъ	*myjete	*myjǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*myjaaxъ	*myjaaše	*myjaaše	—	*myji	*myji
Dual	*myjaaxově	*myjaašeta	*myjaašete	*myjivě	*myjita	—
Plural	*myjaaxomъ	*myjaašete	*myjaaxǫ	*myjimъ	*myjite	—

Derived terms

*mydlo n (“soap”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мꙑти (myti)
  - Belarusian: мыць (mycʹ)
  - Russian: мыть (mytʹ)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: мыти (mŷty)
  - Ukrainian: ми́ти (mýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: мꙑти (myti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰿⱏⰹⱅⰻ (myti)
  - Bulgarian: ми́я (míja)
- Macedonian: мие (mie)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ми̏ти
  
  Latin script: mȉti
- Slovene: míti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: mëc
- Old Czech: mýti
  - Czech: mýt
- Polish: myć
- Slovak: mуť
- Slovincian: mëc
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: myć
  - Lower Sorbian: myś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mỳti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 338: “v. (a) ‘wash’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “myti: myjǫ myjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 212f., 246; PR 133; MP 23, 27)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mỳti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 338: “v. (a) ‘wash’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “myti: myjǫ myjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 212f., 246; PR 133; MP 23, 27)”

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