Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъčati

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 *muk-, from Proto-Indo-European *mukyéti, from the root *(s)mewk-. Cognate with Lithuanian mùkti (to flit, to come off, to stick) (1sg. munkù), Latvian mukt (to flee, to come off), Lithuanian maũkti (to tighten, to sip (wine)) (1sg. maukiù), Sanskrit मुच्यते (múcyate, to be released), मुञ्चति (muñcáti, to liberate, to save), Ancient Greek ἀπο-μύσσω (apo-mússō, to snort, to cheat), possibly Latin ē-mungō (to blow one's nose, to cheat) (infinitive ēmungere).

Verb edit

*mъčati impf[1][2]

  1. to rush? to throw? to carry?

Inflection edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *мъчати (*mŭčati)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъčati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 331: “v.”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “mъčati: mъčjǫ mъčitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c jage (PR 139)”