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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/maxati

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 *māˀs-, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂s-, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (to beckon). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mosúoti (to wave). See *majati (to wave, to beckon) for more.

Verb

*māxàti impf [1][2]

  1. to wave

Inflection

  • *majati, *mavati (to wave, to beckon)
  • *manǫti (to beckon)
  • *mamiti, *maniti (to deceive)
  • *mȃmъ (deceit)
  • *mara (ghost, apparition)
  • *morà (nightly spirit, nightmare)
  • *matati (to frighten? to swindle?)

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*māxàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 298: “v. ‘wave’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), maxati: maxjǫ maxjetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b svinge, vinke (PR 137)”
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