Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/minǫti

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

From the root of *mijati (to pass) + *-nǫti,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *mey-. Cognate with Latin meō (to go, to pass) (infinitive meāre).

Verb

*minǫti pf[1][2]

  1. to pass

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: минѫти (minǫti), минути (minuti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: minúti
    • Old Polish: minąć
    • Slovak: minúť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: minyć
      • Lower Sorbian: minuś

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “минова́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*mei̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 426
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*minǫti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 52

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*minǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318:v. ‘pass’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “minǫti: minǫ minetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 205, 240; PR 139; MP 22)