Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mesti

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *met-. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mèsti (“to throw”) (1sg. metù, 3sg. mẽta), Latvian mest (“to throw”) (3sg. mȩt), Old Prussian pomests (“submissive”, perf. pass. part.), pomettīwingi (“obedient”, masc. nom. pl.). Also cognate with Lithuanian métyti (“to throw”) (1sg. métau), Latvian mẽtât. Per Derksen, possibly related to Latin metō (“to mow, to harvest”), Welsh medi (“to reap”), although many sources indicate no cognates outside of Balto-Slavic.

Verb

*mestì impf[1][2]

  1. to throw
  2. to sweep

Inflection

Conjugation of *mesti, *mete, *metetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*metenьje *mesti *mestъ *metlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *metenъ *metomъ
Active *metъ *mety
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *met(ox)ъ *mete *mete *metǫ *meteši *metetь
Dual *met(ox)ově *met(e/os)ta *met(e/os)te *metevě *meteta *metete
Plural *met(ox)omъ *met(e/os)te *metǫ, *metošę *metemъ *metete *metǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *metěaxъ *metěaše *metěaše — *meti *meti
Dual *metěaxově *metěašeta *metěašete *metěvě *metěta —
Plural *metěaxomъ *metěašete *metěaxǫ *metěmъ *metěte —

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мету́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мести́”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 525
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mesti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 105

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308: “v. (c) ‘throw, sweep’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mesti: metǫ metetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c feje (PR 139)”
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