Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mitъ

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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.

Proto-Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *mey- (to exchange) + *-tъ. Probably deverbial from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mīˀtei (to turn, to change),[1] attested in Latvian mît (to exchange).

Adjective

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*mitъ

  1. lean, slant
    Synonyms: *krivъ, *jьzvitъ

Declension

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Descendants

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  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: мит (mit) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: у̀сумит
      Latin script: ùsumit

Further reading

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  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мит³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 131

Noun

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*mitъ m

  1. turnabout, rollrudder (of boats)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ми̏т (dialectal)
      Latin script: mȉt (dialectal)

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mitъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 61

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mīt”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 544