Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myliti

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

Synchronically, from *mylo (“fault”) +‎ *-iti (attested in Belarusian мыло́ (myló, “fallacity”)). Further origin - unclear.

Trubačev (ESSJa) hypothesizes descent from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“lie, malice”), related within Balto-Slavic with Lithuanian mẽlas (“lie”), muldýti (“to talk nonsense”), Latvian muldêt (“to babble, to twaddle”), possibly Proto-Slavic *molmoliti (“to murmur, to gurgle”). Doubted by Vasmer.

Verb

*myliti impf (North Slavic)

to confuse, to mix up, to mislead
(reflexive) (+ *sę) to err, to blunder

Inflection

Conjugation of *myliti, *myli, *mylitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*myľenьje	*myliti	*mylitъ	*mylilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*myľenъ	*mylimъ
Active	*myľь	*mylę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mylixъ	*myli	*myli	*myľǫ	*myliši	*mylitь
Dual	*mylixově	*mylista	*myliste	*mylivě	*mylita	*mylite
Plural	*mylixomъ	*myliste	*mylišę	*mylimъ	*mylite	*mylętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*myľaaxъ	*myľaaše	*myľaaše	—	*myli	*myli
Dual	*myľaaxově	*myľaašeta	*myľaašete	*mylivě	*mylita	—
Plural	*myľaaxomъ	*myľaašete	*myľaaxǫ	*mylimъ	*mylite	—

(*)*mylivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

*myľati (sę)
*mylъka (“mistake, mix-up”)
*mylьnъ (“fallacious, confusing”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: мыли́ти (mylíti)
  - Belarusian: мыля́ць (myljácʹ); мыли́цьца (mylícʹca)
  - Ukrainian: мили́ти (mylýty)
- Russian: мы́лить (mýlitʹ)
West Slavic
- Old Czech: mýliti
  - Czech: mýlit
- Polish: mylić
- Slovak: mýliť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: mylić
  - Upper Sorbian: moliś