Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mitъ

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-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange”) + *-tъ. Probably deverbial from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mīˀtei (“to turn, to change”), attested in Latvian mît (“to exchange”).

Adjective

*mitъ

1. lean, slant

   Synonyms: *krivъ, *jьzvitъ

Declension

Indefinite declension of *mitъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mitъ	*mita	*mito
genitive	*mita	*mity	*mita
dative	*mitu	*mitě	*mitu
accusative	*mitъ	*mitǫ	*mito
instrumental	*mitomь	*mitojǫ	*mitomь
locative	*mitě	*mitě	*mitě
vocative	*mite	*mito	*mito
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mita	*mitě	*mitě
genitive	*mitu	*mitu	*mitu
dative	*mitoma	*mitama	*mitoma
accusative	*mita	*mitě	*mitě
instrumental	*mitoma	*mitama	*mitoma
locative	*mitu	*mitu	*mitu
vocative	*mita	*mitě	*mitě
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*miti	*mity	*mita
genitive	*mitъ	*mitъ	*mitъ
dative	*mitomъ	*mitamъ	*mitomъ
accusative	*mity	*mity	*mita
instrumental	*mity	*mitami	*mity
locative	*mitěxъ	*mitaxъ	*mitěxъ
vocative	*miti	*mity	*mita

Definite declension of *mitъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mitъjь	*mitaja	*mitoje
genitive	*mitajego	*mityję̇	*mitajego
dative	*mitujemu	*mitěji	*mitujemu
accusative	*mitъjь	*mitǫjǫ	*mitoje
instrumental	*mityjimь	*mitǫjǫ	*mityjimь
locative	*mitějemь	*mitěji	*mitějemь
vocative	*mitъjь	*mitaja	*mitoje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mitaja	*mitěji	*mitěji
genitive	*mituju	*mituju	*mituju
dative	*mityjima	*mityjima	*mityjima
accusative	*mitaja	*mitěji	*mitěji
instrumental	*mityjima	*mityjima	*mityjima
locative	*mituju	*mituju	*mituju
vocative	*mitaja	*mitěji	*mitěji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mitiji	*mityję̇	*mitaja
genitive	*mitъjixъ	*mitъjixъ	*mitъjixъ
dative	*mityjimъ	*mityjimъ	*mityjimъ
accusative	*mityję̇	*mityję̇	*mitaja
instrumental	*mityjimi	*mityjimi	*mityjimi
locative	*mityjixъ	*mityjixъ	*mityjixъ
vocative	*mitiji	*mityję̇	*mitaja

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: мит (mit) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: у̀сумит

    Latin script: ùsumit

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мит³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 131

Noun

*mitъ m

1. turnabout, roll → rudder (of boats)

Declension

Declension of *mitъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mitъ	*mita	*miti
genitive	*mita	*mitu	*mitъ
dative	*mitu	*mitoma	*mitomъ
accusative	*mitъ	*mita	*mity
instrumental	*mitъmь, *mitomь*	*mitoma	*mity
locative	*mitě	*mitu	*mitěxъ
vocative	*mite	*mita	*miti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *mititi (“to knead, to mix”)
• *mitati (“to roam, to wander”)
• *mitorъ (“mixture”)

Related terms

• *mitě (“in turn”)
• *mitva (“mix”)
• *mitusь (“confusion, mess”)
• *mimo, *mivo (“along”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ми̏т (dialectal)

    Latin script: mȉt (dialectal)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mitъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 61