Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měriti

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

From *mě̀ra (“measure”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*mě̀riti impf

1. to measure

Inflection

Conjugation of *měriti, *měri, *měritь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*měřenьje	*měriti	*měritъ	*měrilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*měřenъ	*měrimъ
Active	*měřь	*měrę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*měrixъ	*měri	*měri	*měřǫ	*měriši	*měritь
Dual	*měrixově	*měrista	*měriste	*měrivě	*měrita	*měrite
Plural	*měrixomъ	*měriste	*měrišę	*měrimъ	*měrite	*měrętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*měřaaxъ	*měřaaše	*měřaaše	—	*měri	*měri
Dual	*měřaaxově	*měřaašeta	*měřaašete	*měrivě	*měrita	—
Plural	*měřaaxomъ	*měřaašete	*měřaaxǫ	*měrimъ	*měrite	—

Notes:
• (*)*měrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мѣрити (měriti)
    • Belarusian: ме́раць (mjéracʹ)
    • Russian: ме́рить (méritʹ)
    • Ukrainian: мі́рити (míryty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: мѣрити (měriti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰿⱑⱃⰻⱅⰻ (měriti)

  • Bulgarian: ме́ря (mérja)
  • Macedonian: мери (meri)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ме̏рити

    Latin script: mȅriti

  • Slovene: mẹ́riti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: měřiti, mieřiti
    • Czech: měřit, mířit
  • Polabian: merĕ
  • Old Polish: mierzyć
    • Polish: mierzyć
  • Slovak: mieriť
  • Slovincian: mjêrzëc
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: měrić
    • Lower Sorbian: měriś

• Non-Slavic:
• → Lithuanian: miẽryti
• → Latvian: mẽrît
• → Old Prussian: ermīrit, pomīrit

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ме́рить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ме́ра”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 524
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 183