Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myto

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

Generally considered a borrowing from Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mōtō, whence also Medieval Latin mūta (“toll”). Compare German Maut (“toll”)

Noun

*mytò n[1][2][3]

  1. tax

Inflection

Declension of *mȳtò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *mȳtò *mỹtě *mȳtà
genitive *mȳtà *mȳtù *mỹtъ
dative *mȳtù *mȳtòma *mȳtòmъ
accusative *mȳtò *mỹtě *mȳtà
instrumental *mȳtъ̀mь, *mȳtòmь* *mȳtòma *mỹty
locative *mȳtě̀ *mȳtù *mỹtěxъ
vocative *mȳtò *mỹtě *mȳtà

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • Old East Slavic: мꙑто (myto)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: мꙑто (myto)
    • Macedonian: мито (mito, “bribe”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ми́то (“bribe”)
      Latin script: míto (“bribe”)
    • Slovene: míto (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*myto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338: “n. o ‘toll, fee’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “myto”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b afgift, told (PR 135)”
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “mitnȋna”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*mytȍ”
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