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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měniti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 1

From *měna (change, exchange) + *-iti.

Verb

*měnìti [1][2]

  1. to change, to exchange
Inflection
  • *měna (change, exchange)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мѣнити (měniti, to exchange) (15th century)
      • Belarusian: менитися (mjenitisja) (obsolete)
      • Russian: мени́ть (menítʹ) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: міни́ти (minýty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: мѣнитъ (měnitŭ, 3sg. pres.)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: меня́ (menjá)
    • Macedonian: мени (meni)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: мијѐнити
      Latin: mijèniti
    • Slovene: menīti (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: měniti
    • Old Polish: mienić
      • Polish: mienić
    • Slovak: meniť sa
    • Slovincian: mjìe̯nĭc
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: měnić
      • Lower Sorbian: měniś
Further reading

Etymology 2

Cognate with Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (to mean, to think) (whence German meinen (to mean), English mean, etc.), Old Irish mían (wish, desire). Apparently from Proto-Indo-European *meyn-. Per Derksen, quoting Kluge-Seebold,[3] possibly related to *měniti (to change), with an original meaning "to consequentively present one's meaning".

Verb

*měnìti [4][5]

  1. to think
Inflection
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мѣнити (měniti) (12th–13th century)
      • Ukrainian: м'іни́ти (mʺinýty) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: поміни́ти (pominýty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: мѣнити (měniti)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ме́нити, мијѐнити (regional)
      Latin: méniti, mijèniti (regional)
    • Slovene: menīti, mẹ́niti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mieniti
    • Czech: mínit
      • Polish: mienić
    • Slovak: mieniť
    • Slovincian: mjìe̯nĭc
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: měnić
      • Lower Sorbian: mjěniś, měniś
Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*měniti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 311: “v. (c) ‘change, exchange’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), měniti: měnjǫ měnitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c blande (PR 140)”
  3. Kluge, Friedrich (1995), Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 23rd edition, →ISBN, page 551.
  4. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*měniti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312: “v. ‘think’”
  5. Snoj, Marko (2016), menīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*měni̋ti”
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