Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měšati

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

Iterative of *měsiti (“to stir, to mix”).

Verb

*měšati

1. to stir, to mix

Inflection

Conjugation of *měšati, *měša, *měšajetь (?, -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*měšanьje	*měšati	*měšatъ	*měšalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*měšanъ	*měšajemъ
Active	*měšavъ	*měšaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*měšaxъ	*měša	*měša	*měšajǫ	*měšaješi	*měšajetь
Dual	*měšaxově	*měšasta	*měšaste	*měšajevě	*měšajeta	*měšajete
Plural	*měšaxomъ	*měšaste	*měšašę	*měšajemъ	*měšajete	*měšajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*měšaaxъ	*měšaaše	*měšaaše	—	*měšaji	*měšaji
Dual	*měšaaxově	*měšaašeta	*měšaašete	*měšajivě	*měšajita	—
Plural	*měšaaxomъ	*měšaašete	*měšaaxǫ	*měšajimъ	*měšajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мѣшати (měšati)
    • Belarusian: мяша́ць (mjašácʹ)
    • Russian: меша́ть (mešátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: мiша́ти (mišáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: мѣшати (měšati)

  • Bulgarian: мѐшам (mèšam)
  • Macedonian: меша (meša)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ме́шати, мије́шати

    Latin script: méšati, mijéšati

  • Slovene: mẹ́šati, mešáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: měšati, míšati
    • Czech: míšati (obsolete)
  • Polish: mieszać
  • Old Slovak:
    • Pannonian Rusyn: мишац (mišac)
    • Slovak: miešať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: měšać
    • Lower Sorbian: měšaś

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měšati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 215
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “меша́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress