Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьžiti

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 1

Related to *migati.

Verb

*mьžiti[1][2]

  1. to close one's eyes
  2. to doze

Inflection

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мьжити (mĭžiti), мжити (mžiti)
    • Belarusian: мжиць (mžicʹ)
    • Russian: мжить (mžitʹ) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мжить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

Related to *mьža.

Verb

*mьžiti[3][4]

  1. to drizzle

Inflection

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: мжить (mžitʹ) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: мжи́ти (mžýty)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mьžiti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьžiti I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 181
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mьžiti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344:v. ‘drizzle’
  4. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьžiti II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 182