Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mytělь

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 *myti +‎ *-tělь.

Noun

*mytělь f

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Inflection

Declension of *mytělь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mytělь	*mytěli	*mytěli
Accusative	*mytělь	*mytěli	*mytěli
Genitive	*mytěli	mytělьju, mytěľu^*	mytělьjь, mytěli^*
Locative	*mytěli	mytělьju, mytěľu^*	*mytělьxъ
Dative	*mytěli	*mytělьma	*mytělьmъ
Instrumental	mytělьjǫ, mytěľǫ^*	*mytělьma	*mytělьmi
Vocative	*mytěli	*mytěli	*mytěli

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*mytělьnъ
- *mytělьnikъ

Related terms

*myteljь
*mytěja

Descendants

Church Slavonic: мꙑтѣль f (mytělĭ)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мꙑтель f (mytelĭ)
  - Ukrainian: ми́тель m (mýtelʹ), ми́тіль (mýtilʹ), микіль (mykilʹ)
South Slavic: —
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mýtěl f
  - Czech: mytel m, meytel f, mýtel, mejtel
- Old Polish: myciel
  - Polish: myciel

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mytělь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 75