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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myliti

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

Synchronically, from *mylo (“fault”) +‎ *-iti (attested in Belarusian мыло́ (myló, “fallacity”)). Further origin - unclear.

Trubačev (ESSJa) hypothesizes descent from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“lie, malice”), related within Balto-Slavic with Lithuanian mẽlas (“lie”), muldýti (“to talk nonsense”), Latvian muldêt (“to babble, to twaddle”), possibly Proto-Slavic *molmoliti (“to murmur, to gurgle”). Doubted by Vasmer.

Verb

*myliti impf (North Slavic)

  1. to confuse, to mix up, to mislead
  2. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to err, to blunder

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *myľati (sę)
  • *mylъka (“mistake, mix-up”)
  • *mylьnъ (“fallacious, confusing”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: мыли́ти (mylíti)
      • Belarusian: мыля́ць (myljácʹ); мыли́цьца (mylícʹca)
      • Ukrainian: мили́ти (mylýty)
    • Russian: мы́лить (mýlitʹ)
  • West Slavic
    • Old Czech: mýliti
    • Polish: mylić
    • Slovak: mýliť
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: mylić
      • Upper Sorbian: moliś

Further reading

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