Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫtiti

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 *mántīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *month₂-éye-ti (given as *montH-éye-ti in Derksen). See *męstì for further etymology.

Verb

*mǭtìti^[1]^[2]

to stir, to make turbid
to trouble, to enervate

Inflection

Conjugation of *mǫtiti, *mǫti, *mǫtitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mǫťenьje	*mǫtiti	*mǫtitъ	*mǫtilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mǫťenъ	*mǫtimъ
Active	*mǫťь	*mǫtę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mǫtixъ	*mǫti	*mǫti	*mǫťǫ	*mǫtiši	*mǫtitь
Dual	*mǫtixově	*mǫtista	*mǫtiste	*mǫtivě	*mǫtita	*mǫtite
Plural	*mǫtixomъ	*mǫtiste	*mǫtišę	*mǫtimъ	*mǫtite	*mǫtętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mǫťaaxъ	*mǫťaaše	*mǫťaaše	—	*mǫti	*mǫti
Dual	*mǫťaaxově	*mǫťaašeta	*mǫťaašete	*mǫtivě	*mǫtita	—
Plural	*mǫťaaxomъ	*mǫťaašete	*mǫťaaxǫ	*mǫtimъ	*mǫtite	—

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

Related terms

*męstì (“to stir, to trouble”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мꙋтити (mutiti)
  - Belarusian: муци́ць (mucícʹ)
  - Russian: мути́ть (mutítʹ)
  - Ukrainian: мути́ти (mutýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: мѫтити (mǫtiti)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰿⱘⱅⰻⱅⰻ (mǫtiti)
- Bulgarian: мъ́тя (mǎ́tja), мъ́нтя (mǎ́ntja) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: мати (mati)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: му́тити
  
  Latin script: mútiti
- Slovene: motīti, mọ́titi (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mútiti
  - Czech: moutit, mútit, mutit (obsolete or dialectal), mútiť (dialectal)
- Old Polish: mącić, męcić
  - Polish: mącić
- Slovak: mútiť
- Slovincian: mãcëc
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: mućić
  - Lower Sorbian: muśiś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mǭtìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329: “v. ‘stir, trouble’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mǫtiti: mǫtjǫ mǫtitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c gøre grumset, omrøre (PR 140)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mǭtìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329: “v. ‘stir, trouble’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “mǫtiti: mǫtjǫ mǫtitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c gøre grumset, omrøre (PR 140)”

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