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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měsiti

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maiśīˀtei (to mix), from Proto-Indo-European *moyḱ-éye-ti (to mix, causative), from *meyḱ- (to mix). Cognate with Latvian màisît (to mix), Lithuanian maišýti (to mix) (1sg. maišaũ), Latvian màisît (to mix), Old Prussian maysotan (mixed up), Sanskrit मेक्षयति (mekṣáyati, to stir), and (with different vocalism) Lithuanian mìšti (to be mixed), Sanskrit मिश्रयति (miśráyati, to mix), Latin misceō (to mix) (infinitive miscēre, past passive participle mixtus), Old Irish mescaid (to mix), Old High German miscan (to mix), Ancient Greek μῑ́γνῡμῐ (mī́gnūmi, to mix).

Verb

*mě̄sìti impf [1][2]

  1. to mix
  2. to knead

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мѣсити (měsiti) (12th-13th century), мѣситисꙗ (měsitisja) (11th century)
      • Belarusian: мясі́ць (mjasícʹ)
      • Russian: меси́ть (mesítʹ)
      • Ukrainian: міси́ти (misýty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ме́ся (mésja)
    • Macedonian: меси (mesi)
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic: ⰿⱑⱄⰹⰿⱏ (měsimŭ, present passive participle)
      Cyrillic: мѣсимъ (měsimŭ, present passive participle)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: мијѐсити
      Latin: mijèsiti
      • 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

References

  1. 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’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), měsiti: měsjǫ měsitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b blande, ælte (PR 137)”
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