Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měriti

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 *mě̀ra (“measure”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb edit

*mě̀riti impf^[1]^[2]

to measure

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *měriti, *měri, *měritь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*měřenьje	*měriti	*měritъ	*měrilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*měřenъ	*měrimъ
Active	*měřь	*měrę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*měrixъ	*měri	*měri	*měřǫ	*měriši	*měritь
Dual	*měrixově	*měrista	*měriste	*měrivě	*měrita	*měrite
Plural	*měrixomъ	*měriste	*měrišę	*měrimъ	*měrite	*měrętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*měřaaxъ	*měřaaše	*měřaaše	—	*měri	*měri
Dual	*měřaaxově	*měřaašeta	*měřaašete	*měrivě	*měrita	—
Plural	*měřaaxomъ	*měřaašete	*měřaaxǫ	*měrimъ	*měrite	—

(*)*měrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѣрити (měriti)
  - Belarusian: ме́раць (mjéracʹ)
  - Russian: ме́рить (méritʹ)
  - Ukrainian: мі́рити (míryty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: мѣрити (měriti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰿⱑⱃⰻⱅⰻ (měriti)
- Bulgarian: ме́ря (mérja)
- Macedonian: мери (meri)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ме̏рити
  
  Latin script: mȅriti
- Slovene: mẹ́riti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: měřiti
  - Czech: měřit
- Polabian: merĕ
- Old Polish: mierzyć
  - Polish: mierzyć
- Slovak: mieriť
- Slovincian: mjêrzëc
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: měrić
  - Lower Sorbian: měriś

Non-Slavic:
→ Lithuanian: miẽryti
→ Latvian: mẽrît
→ Old Prussian: ermīrit, pomīrit

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mě̀riti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 312: “v. (a) ‘measure’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “měriti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (MP 26)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mě̀riti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 312: “v. (a) ‘measure’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “měriti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (MP 26)”

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