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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mínˀtei.Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mìnti (“to trample, to scutch”), Latvian mĩt (“to trample, to scutch”). Further cognates unclear:
- Derksen says "doubtful whether there are any cognates outside of Balto-Slavic".[1]
- Trubačev proposes Ancient Greek ματέω (matéō, “to trample, to tread”) from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tew-oh₂.[2]
- Shansky additionally proposes Irish men (“flour”).[3]
Verb
*mę̀ti impf[4][5][6]
- to crumple, to scutch
Conjugation
Conjugation of *męti, *mьne, *mьnetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm b)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *mьnenьje | *męti | *mętъ | *mьnlъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *mьnenъ | *mьnomъ |
| Active | *mьnъ | *mьny |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *mьn(ox)ъ | *mьne | *mьne | *mьnǫ | *mьneši | *mьnetь |
| Dual | *mьn(ox)ově | *mьn(e/os)ta | *mьn(e/os)te | *mьnevě | *mьneta | *mьnete |
| Plural | *mьn(ox)omъ | *mьn(e/os)te | *mьnǫ, *mьnošę | *mьnemъ | *mьnete | *mьnǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *mьněaxъ | *mьněaše | *mьněaše | — | *mьni | *mьni |
| Dual | *mьněaxově | *mьněašeta | *mьněašete | *mьněvě | *mьněta | — |
| Plural | *mьněaxomъ | *mьněašete | *mьněaxǫ | *mьněmъ | *mьněte | — |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мяти (mjati)
- Belarusian: мяць (mjacʹ)
- Russian: мять (mjatʹ)
- Ukrainian: м'яти (mʺjaty), мня́ти (mnjáty)
- Old East Slavic: мяти (mjati)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: мѧти (męti)
- Glagolitic: ⰿⱔⱅⰻ (męti)
- Bulgarian: мъ́на (mǎ́na)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мети (only in Belostenec's dictionary)
- Latin: meti
- Slovene: mẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mieti
- Czech: mnout
- Old Polish: miąć
- Polish: miąć
- Slovak: mäť
- Slovincian: ḿïc
- Old Czech: mieti
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 18
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “It is doubtful whether there are any cognates outside Balto-Slavic (cf. LIV: 438).”
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “мять”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “v. ‘compress, crumple, scutch’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “męti: mьnǫ mьnetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 248, 251; PR 136; ?MP 27)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “mẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*mę̋ti, sed. *mьnǫ̋”