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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/metati

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 the same root as *mestì (to throw, to sweep).

Verb

*metàti impf [1][2]

  1. to throw

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: metati
    • Polabian: micĕ
    • Old Polish: miotać
    • Slovak: metať
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mjetać (obsolete)
      • Lower Sorbian: mjataś

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*metàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309: “v. (b) ‘throw’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), metati: metjǫ metjetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b kaste (SA 210; PT 136)”
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