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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męti

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 *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]

  1. to crumple, to rub

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 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
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)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: мѧти (męti)
      Glagolitic script: ⰿⱔⱅⰻ (męti)
    • Bulgarian: мъ́на (mǎ́na)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мети (only in Belostenec's dictionary)
      Latin: meti
    • Slovene: mẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 18

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 315: “It is doubtful whether there are any cognates outside Balto-Slavic (cf. LIV: 438).”
  2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19
  3. Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “мять”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  4. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 315: “v. ‘compress, crumple, scutch’”
  5. Olander, Thomas (2001) “męti: mьnǫ mьnetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 248, 251; PR 136; ?MP 27)”
  6. Snoj, Marko (2016) “mẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*mę̋ti, sed. *mьnǫ̋”
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