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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlviti

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-Indo-European *mluH- (*ml̥wH-?), from the root *mlewH-. Cognate with Sanskrit ब्रवीति (brávīti, to say), Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (mraoiti, to say). Per Chernykh, some linguists link the root to Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, song, melody).

Verb

*mъlviti [1][2]

  1. to speak, to say

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мълвити (mŭlviti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: млъвити (mlŭviti)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: мълвя́ (mǎlvjá)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: мувити (archaic, rare)
      Latin: muviti (archaic, rare)
    • Slovene: mółviti (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: mluvit
    • Old Polish: móvić, mołvić
    • Slovak: mluviť (Kálal's dictionary)
    • Slovincian: mʉ̀ɵ̯vjĭc
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mołwić, mołwjeć
      • Lower Sorbian: mołwiś

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъlviti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “v. ‘speak, say’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), mъlviti: mъlvjǫ mъlvitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a tale (PR 133)”
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