Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrdati

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.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

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Verb

*mъrdati impf (perfective *mъrdnǫti)

  1. (intransitive) to wag, to wiggle

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • South Slavic
    • Bulgarian: мърдам (mǎrdam)
    • Macedonian: мрда (mrda)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мр̏дати
      Latin script: mȑdati
    • Slovene: mȓdati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic
    • Old Czech: mrdati
    • Old Polish: mardać
    • Slovak: mrdať

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мърдам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 407