Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьstь
Proto-Slavic edit
Alternative reconstructions edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *meytH- / *meyth₂- (“to exchange, swap, replace”), a root extension of *mey- (“to change, to exchange”). By surface analysis, **misti (“to exchange? / return?”) + *-tь (compare *čьstь : *čisti) or **mьstъ (“mutual?”) + *-ь.
Related to Latvian mît (“to change”) (1sg. miju), Sanskrit मेथति (méthati, “to alternate”), मिथति (mitháti, “to alternate”), Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬀 (miθa, “false”), 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬡𐬀 (miθβa, “paired”), 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬡𐬀𐬥𐬀 (miθβana, “paired”), Ancient Greek μοῖτος (moîtos, “reward, thanks”), Latin mūtō (“to change”), mūtuus (“mutual, reciprocal”), Old Irish mis-, mith- (“wrong”), Old Norse missa (“loss, damage”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐍉 (missō, “each other”), English mis- < Proto-Germanic *missa- < *mitto (“mutual, reciprocal”).
Noun edit
*mьstь f
Inflection edit
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *mьstь | *mьsti | *mьsti |
genitive | *mьsti | *mьstьju, *mьsťu* | *mьstьjь, *mьsti* |
dative | *mьsti | *mьstьma | *mьstьmъ |
accusative | *mьstь | *mьsti | *mьsti |
instrumental | *mьstьjǫ, *mьsťǫ* | *mьstьma | *mьstьmi |
locative | *mьsti | *mьstьju, *mьsťu* | *mьstьxъ |
vocative | *mьsti | *mьsti | *mьsti |
See also edit
Related terms edit
- *mьzda
- *mijati
- *mitě (“in turn, alternately”)
- *mitusь (“opposite one another”)
- *mitva (“in turn, alternately?”)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mьstь; *mьsta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 343
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьstь/*mьsta”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 172
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “месть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 526 (), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 1
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “месть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress