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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mižati

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 earlier *mizjati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰya-, from *h₃meyǵʰ- (to urinate). Identical to Latin mēiō (I urinate).

Verb

*mižati impf

  1. to urinate
  2. to drizzle

Conjugation

  • *mězga (tree sap)
  • *mьza (> *mьzěti)
  • *mьža (> *mьžati (to drizzle), *mьžiti (to drizzle))

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: міжа́ць (mižácʹ, drizzle)[1]
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: мижати (urinate)[2], миждати (drizzle)
      Latin: mìžati
  • West Slavic: —

References

  1. Aljaksandr Kryvicki, editor (1984), міжаць”, in Turaŭski slóŭnik (in Belarusian), volume 3, Minsk: Навука і тэхніка, page 80
  2. Pero Budmani, Tomislav Maretić, editor (1904-1910), mižati”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Zagreb: JAZU, page 782
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