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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męsti

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 *menstei, from Proto-Indo-European *menth₂- (given as *mentH- in Derksen). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mę̃sti (“to mix”) (3sg. meñčia). Other Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit मन्थति (mánthati, “to whirl, to rub”) (also मथ्नाति (mathnā́ti), मथति (máthati)), मन्थयति (manthayati, “to shake, to stir”) (also मथयति (mathayati)), Tocharian A mäntācär (“you are injured”, 2pl.), Tocharian B mintanaṃ (“to mix (clay with water)”). Per Vasmer, also cognate with Latin mamphur (“part of a lathe”) (an apparent borrowing from unattested Oscan *manfar), Vulgar Latin *mandar (the unattested ancestor of French mandrin (“mandrel”), which has added the Latin ending -īnus), Old Norse mǫndull (“handmill lever”); but all of these require a Proto-Indo-European root *mendʰ-.

Verb

*męstì[1][2]

  1. to stir, to make turbid
  2. to trouble, to enervate

Inflection
Conjugation of *męsti, *męte, *mętetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*mętenьje *męsti *męstъ *mętlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *mętenъ *mętomъ
Active *mętъ *męty
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *męt(ox)ъ*męte*męte *mętǫ*męteši*mętetь
Dual *męt(ox)ově*męt(e/os)ta*męt(e/os)te *mętevě*męteta*mętete
Plural *męt(ox)omъ*męt(e/os)te*mętǫ, *mętošę *mętemъ*mętete*mętǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *mętěaxъ*mętěaše*mętěaše —*męti*męti
Dual *mętěaxově*mętěašeta*mętěašete *mętěvě*mętěta—
Plural *mętěaxomъ*mętěašete*mętěaxǫ *mętěmъ*mętěte—

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мꙗсти (mjasti)
      • Russian: мясти́ (mjastí) (obsolete)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: мѧсти (męsti)
      Glagolitic: ⰿⱔⱄⱅⰻ (męsti)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ме́сти
      Latin script: mésti
    • Slovene: mẹ́sti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: miesti
    • Slovak: miasť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mjasć
      • Lower Sorbian: měsć (archaic)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мяту́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*menth₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 438–439
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męsti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 12

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*męstì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 315: “v. ‘stir, trouble’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “męsti: mętǫ mętetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c blande, forvirre (PR 139)”
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