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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlviti

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 *mъ̀lva + *-iti; or continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-éye-ti, from *mlewH-. Cognate with Sanskrit ब्रवीति (brávīti, to say), Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (mraoiti, to say). Per Chernykh, some linguists link the root to Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, song, melody).

Verb

*mъlviti[1][2]

  1. to speak, to say

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мъ́лвити (mŭ́lviti), мо́вити (móviti)
      • Old Ruthenian: мо́вити, мо́вить; мо́лвити
        • Belarusian: мо́віць (móvicʹ), мо́виць (móvicʹ), мо́вицьца (móvicʹca)
        • Rusyn: мо́вити (móvyty)
        • Ukrainian: мо́вити (móvyty)
      • Russian: мо́лвить (mólvitʹ) (archaic, poetic or dialectal)
    • Old Novgorodian: мълвити (mŭlviti), молвити (molviti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: млъвити (mlŭviti)
      Glagolitic: ⰿⰾⱏⰲⰻⱅⰻ (mlŭviti)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: мувити (rare, literary, archaic)
        Latin script: muviti (rare, literary, archaic)
    • Bulgarian: мълвя́ (mǎlvjá)
    • Slovene: mółviti (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъlviti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “v. ‘speak, say’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), mъlviti: mъlvjǫ mъlvitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a tale (PR 133)”
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