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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mět-. 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. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (to measure).[1]

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.

Verb[edit]

*mestì impf[2][3]

  1. to throw
  2. to sweep

Inflection[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мету́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “мести́”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 525
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mesti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 105

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “703-04”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 703-04
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 308: “v. (c) ‘throw, sweep’”
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “mesti: metǫ metetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c feje (PR 139)”