Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mižati

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 earlier *mizjati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰya-, from *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Identical to Latin mēiō (“I urinate”).

Verb

*mižati impf

to urinate
to drizzle

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

*mězga (“tree sap”)
*mьza (> *mьzěti)
*mьža (> *mьžati (“to drizzle”), *mьžiti (“to drizzle”))

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: міжа́ць (mižácʹ, “drizzle”)

South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: мижати (“urinate”), миждати (“drizzle”)
  
  Latin: mìžati

West Slavic: —

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mižati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 19, Moscow: Nauka, page 63
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mězga”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow: Nauka, page 179
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьza”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow: Nauka, page 179
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьzěti”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow: Nauka, page 179
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьža”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow: Nauka, page 179
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьžati II”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow: Nauka, page 179
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьžiti II”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow: Nauka, page 182

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