Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myti

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 *m(a)ūˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *muH- (<*miuH-) and cognate with Lithuanian maudyti, Latvian maut, Latin moveo, and Sanskrit मीवति (mī́vati, “move, push”) according to Derksen (2008: 338) (see Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move”)). According to Pokorny 741-743, from a Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“wet, damp, to wash”).

Verb

*mỳti impf

1. to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of *myti, *my, *myjetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mytьje	*myti	*mytъ	*mylъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mytъ	*myjemъ
Active	*myvъ	*myję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*myxъ	*my	*my	*myjǫ	*myješi	*myjetь
Dual	*myxově	*mysta	*myste	*myjevě	*myjeta	*myjete
Plural	*myxomъ	*myste	*myšę	*myjemъ	*myjete	*myjǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*myjaaxъ	*myjaaše	*myjaaše	—	*myji	*myji
Dual	*myjaaxově	*myjaašeta	*myjaašete	*myjivě	*myjita	—
Plural	*myjaaxomъ	*myjaašete	*myjaaxǫ	*myjimъ	*myjite	—

Derived terms

• *mydlo n (“soap”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мꙑти (myti)
    • Belarusian: мыць (mycʹ)
    • Russian: мыть (mytʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: мыти (mŷty)
    • Ukrainian: ми́ти (mýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: мꙑти (myti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰿⱏⰹⱅⰻ (myti)

    • Bulgarian: ми́я (míja)
  • Macedonian: мие (mie)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ми̏ти

    Latin script: mȉti

  • Slovene: míti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: mëc
  • Old Czech: mýti
    • Czech: mýt
  • Polish: myć
  • Slovak: mуť
  • Slovincian: mëc
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: myć
    • Lower Sorbian: myś