Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *minˀtei. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mìnti (“to trample, to scutch”), Latvian mĩt (“to trample, to scutch”). Further cognates unclear:

Derksen says "doubtful whether there are any cognates outside of Balto-Slavic".[1]
Trubačev proposes Ancient Greek ματέω (matéō, “to trample, to tread”) from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tew-oh₂.[2]
Shansky additionally proposes Irish men (“flour”).[3]

Verb

*mę̀ti impf [4][5][6]

to crumple, to scutch

Conjugation

1sg. *mьnǫ (AP b)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Church Slavonic: мѧти (męti)
East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мяти (mjati)
  - Belarusian: мяць (mjacʹ)
  - Russian: мять (mjatʹ)
  - Ukrainian: м'яти (mʺjaty), мня́ти (mnjáty)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: мъ́на (mǎ́na)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: мети (only in Belostenec's dictionary)
  
  Latin: meti
- Slovene: mẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mieti
  - Czech: mnout
- Old Polish: miąć
  - Polish: miąć
- Slovak: mäť
- Slovincian: ḿïc

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “It is doubtful whether there are any cognates outside Balto-Slavic (cf. LIV: 438).”
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 19, Moscow: Nauka, page 19
Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “мять”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “v. ‘compress, crumple, scutch’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “męti: mьnǫ mьnetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 248, 251; PR 136; ?MP 27)”
Snoj, Marko (2016), “mẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*mę̋ti, sed. *mьnǫ̋”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “It is doubtful whether there are any cognates outside Balto-Slavic (cf. LIV: 438).”

[2] Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 19, Moscow: Nauka, page 19

[3] Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “мять”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

[4] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “v. ‘compress, crumple, scutch’”

[5] Olander, Thomas (2001), “męti: mьnǫ mьnetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 248, 251; PR 136; ?MP 27)”

[6] Snoj, Marko (2016), “mẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*mę̋ti, sed. *mьnǫ̋”