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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *menstei, from Proto-Indo-European *menth₂- (given as *mentH- in Derksen). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mę̃sti (“to mix”) (3sg. meñčia). Other Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit मन्थति (mánthati, “to whirl, to rub”) (also मथ्नाति (mathnā́ti), मथति (máthati)), मन्थयति (manthayati, “to shake, to stir”) (also मथयति (mathayati)), Tocharian A mäntācär (“you are injured”, 2pl.), Tocharian B mintanaṃ (“to mix (clay with water)”). Per Vasmer, also cognate with Latin mamphur (“part of a lathe”) (an apparent borrowing from unattested Oscan *manfar), Vulgar Latin *mandar (the unattested ancestor of French mandrin (“mandrel”), which has added the Latin ending -īnus), Old Norse mǫndull (“handmill lever”); but all of these require a Proto-Indo-European root *mendʰ-.
Verb
*męstì[1][2]
- to stir, to make turbid
- to trouble, to enervate
Inflection
Conjugation of *męsti, *męte, *mętetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *mętenьje
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*męsti
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*męstъ
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*mętlъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*mętenъ
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*mętomъ
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| Active
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*mętъ
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*męty
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*męt(ox)ъ |
*męte |
*męte
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*mętǫ |
*męteši |
*mętetь
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| Dual
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*męt(ox)ově |
*męt(e/os)ta |
*męt(e/os)te
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*mętevě |
*męteta |
*mętete
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| Plural
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*męt(ox)omъ |
*męt(e/os)te |
*mętǫ, *mętošę
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*mętemъ |
*mętete |
*mętǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*mętěaxъ |
*mętěaše |
*mętěaše
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*męti |
*męti
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| Dual
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*mętěaxově |
*mętěašeta |
*mętěašete
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*mętěvě |
*mętěta |
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| Plural
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*mętěaxomъ |
*mętěašete |
*mętěaxǫ
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*mętěmъ |
*mętěte |
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Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мꙗсти (mjasti)
- Russian: мясти́ (mjastí) (obsolete)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: мѧсти (męsti)
- Glagolitic: ⰿⱔⱄⱅⰻ (męsti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ме́сти
- Latin script: mésti
- Slovene: mẹ́sti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: miesti
- Slovak: miasť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: mjasć
- Lower Sorbian: měsć (archaic)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мяту́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*menth₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 438–439
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męsti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 12
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*męstì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “v. ‘stir, trouble’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “męsti: mętǫ mętetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c blande, forvirre (PR 139)”