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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrgati

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 *murˀg-, *mirˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥gʷ- or *mr̥Hgʷ-, from the root *mergʷ- or *merHgʷ-. Cognate with Lithuanian mirgė́ti (to twinkle) (3sg. mìrga), Latvian mir̂dzêt (to twinkle), Old Norse myrkr (dark) (acc. myrkvan).

Verb

*mъrgati impf[1]

  1. to blink, to wink

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: марга́ць (marhácʹ), мірга́ць (mirhácʹ)
    • Russian: морга́ть (morgátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: морга́ти (morháty)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mrhati
      • Czech: mrhat, mrgať (dialectal)
    • Polish: margać, mrugać
    • Slovak: mrhať
    • Slovincian: mȧ̃rgăc

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъrgati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “v. ‘blink, wink’”
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