Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měžiti

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

Iterative/causative o-grade form of Proto-Slavic *migàti, *mьžiti + *-iti. Reflects Proto-Balto-Slavic *máigīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-. Akin to Lithuanian miegóti (“to sleep”), Old Prussian meicte (“to sleep”).

Verb

*měžiti

1. to move (around), set into motion?
2. to close one's eyes

Inflection

Conjugation of *měžiti, *měži, *měžitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*měženьje	*měžiti	*měžitъ	*měžilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*měženъ	*měžimъ
Active	*měžь	*měžę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*měžixъ	*měži	*měži	*měžǫ	*měžiši	*měžitь
Dual	*měžixově	*měžista	*měžiste	*měživě	*měžita	*měžite
Plural	*měžixomъ	*měžiste	*měžišę	*měžimъ	*měžite	*měžętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*měžaaxъ	*měžaaše	*měžaaše	—	*měži	*měži
Dual	*měžaaxově	*měžaašeta	*měžaašete	*měživě	*měžita	—
Plural	*měžaaxomъ	*měžaašete	*měžaaxǫ	*měžimъ	*měžite	—

Notes:
• (*)*měživъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

• *migъ (“blink”)
  • *migàti (“to blink, to wink”)
  • *mižiti (“to keep one's eyes closed”)
• *mьga (“mist, haze”)
  • *mьžiti (“to doze; to drizzle”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old East Slavic: съмѣжити (sŭměžiti)
    • ⇒ Russian: смежи́ть (smežítʹ)
    • ⇒ Russian: смежа́ть (smežátʹ)
  • Russian: межи́ть (mežítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: съмѣжити (sŭměžiti)
  • Slovene: mẹ́žiti (“to shut, to trample”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “межить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měžiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 232