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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫčiti

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

Cognate with Lithuanian mánkyti (to knead, to press, to crumple), and more distantly with Lithuanian mìnkyti (to knead), Latvian mîcît (to knead), Old English menġan (to mix). See *mę̀knǫti for further etymology.

Verb

*mǫ̀čiti impf [1]

  1. to torture, to torment

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мꙋчити (mučiti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mučiti
    • Old Polish: męczyć
    • Slovak: mučiť
    • Slovincian: mą̃čĭc
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mučić
      • Lower Sorbian: mucyś

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mǫ̀čiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328: “v. (a) ‘torment, torture’”
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