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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mesti

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 *met-. Per Derksen, possibly related to Latin metō (“to mow, to harvest”), Welsh medi (“to reap”), although many sources indicate no cognates outside of Balto-Slavic. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).[1]

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mèsti (“to throw”) (1sg. metù, 3sg. mẽta), Latvian mest (“to throw”) (3sg. mȩt), Old Prussian pomests (“submissive”, perf. pass. part.), pomettīwingi (“obedient”, masc. nom. pl.). Also cognate with Lithuanian métyti (“to throw”) (1sg. métau), Latvian mẽtât.

Verb

*mestì impf[2][3]

  1. to throw
  2. to sweep

Inflection
Conjugation of *mesti, *mete, *metetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*metenьje *mesti *mestъ *metlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *metenъ *metomъ
Active *metъ *mety
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *met(ox)ъ*mete*mete *metǫ*meteši*metetь
Dual *met(ox)ově*met(e/os)ta*met(e/os)te *metevě*meteta*metete
Plural *met(ox)omъ*met(e/os)te*metǫ, *metošę *metemъ*metete*metǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *metěaxъ*metěaše*metěaše —*meti*meti
Dual *metěaxově*metěašeta*metěašete *metěvě*metěta—
Plural *metěaxomъ*metěašete*metěaxǫ *metěmъ*metěte—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мести (mesti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: mést
    • Old Polish: mieść
    • Slovak: miesť (archaic)
    • Slovincian: mjìe̯sc
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mjesć
      • Lower Sorbian: mjasć

Further reading

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 703-04
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308: “v. (c) ‘throw, sweep’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), “mesti: metǫ metetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c feje (PR 139)”
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