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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měsiti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *máiśīˀtei (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *moyḱ-éye-ti (“to mix”, causative), from *meyḱ- (“to mix”).
Verb
*mě̄sìti impf[1][2]
- to mix
- to knead
Conjugation
Conjugation of *měsiti, *měsi, *měsitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *měšenьje | *měsiti | *měsitъ | *měsilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *měšenъ | *měsimъ |
| Active | *měšь | *měsę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *měsixъ | *měsi | *měsi | *měšǫ | *měsiši | *měsitь |
| Dual | *měsixově | *měsista | *měsiste | *měsivě | *měsita | *měsite |
| Plural | *měsixomъ | *měsiste | *měsišę | *měsimъ | *měsite | *měsętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *měšaaxъ | *měšaaše | *měšaaše | — | *měsi | *měsi |
| Dual | *měšaaxově | *měšaašeta | *měšaašete | *měsivě | *měsita | — |
| Plural | *měšaaxomъ | *měšaašete | *měšaaxǫ | *měsimъ | *měsite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*měsivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Derived terms
- *sъměsь (“mixture”)
- *měšati
- *měšadlo
- *měšadlъka
- *měšadlo
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѣсити (měsiti) (12th-13th century), мѣситисꙗ (měsitisja) (11th century)
- Belarusian: мясі́ць (mjasícʹ)
- Russian: меси́ть (mesítʹ)
- Ukrainian: міси́ти (misýty)
- Old East Slavic: мѣсити (měsiti) (12th-13th century), мѣситисꙗ (měsitisja) (11th century)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ме́ся (mésja)
- Macedonian: ме́си (mési)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Glagolitic: ⰿⱑⱄⰹⱅⰹ (měsiti)
- Cyrillic: мѣсити (měsiti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ме́сити
- Latin: mésiti
- Chakavian (Vrgada): mīsȉti
- Chakavian (Orbanići): mⁱesȉt
- Slovene: mesīti, mẹ́siti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: mísit
- Polish: miesić
- Slovak: miesiť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: měsyć
- Lower Sorbian: měsyś
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “меси́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měsiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 18 (*matoga – *mękišьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 199
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mě̄sìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 313: “v. (b) ‘mix, knead’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “měsiti: měsjǫ měsitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b blande, ælte (PR 137)”