Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měsiti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *máiśīˀtei (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *moyḱ-éye-ti (“to mix”, causative), from *meyḱ- (“to mix”).

Verb

*mě̄sìti impf^[1]^[2]

to mix
to knead

Conjugation

Conjugation of *měsiti, *měsi, *měsitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*měšenьje	*měsiti	*měsitъ	*měsilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*měšenъ	*měsimъ
Active	*měšь	*měsę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*měsixъ	*měsi	*měsi	*měšǫ	*měsiši	*měsitь
Dual	*měsixově	*měsista	*měsiste	*měsivě	*měsita	*měsite
Plural	*měsixomъ	*měsiste	*měsišę	*měsimъ	*měsite	*měsętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*měšaaxъ	*měšaaše	*měšaaše	—	*měsi	*měsi
Dual	*měšaaxově	*měšaašeta	*měšaašete	*měsivě	*měsita	—
Plural	*měšaaxomъ	*měšaašete	*měšaaxǫ	*měsimъ	*měsite	—

(*)*měsivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

*sъměsь (“mixture”)
*měšati
- *měšadlo
  - *měšadlъka

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѣсити (měsiti) (12th-13th century), мѣситисꙗ (měsitisja) (11th century)
  - Belarusian: мясі́ць (mjasícʹ)
  - Russian: меси́ть (mesítʹ)
  - Ukrainian: міси́ти (misýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: мѣсити (měsiti)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰿⱑⱄⰹⱅⰹ (měsiti)
- Bulgarian: ме́ся (mésja)
- Macedonian: ме́си (mési)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ме́сити
  
  Latin script: mésiti
- Slovene: mesīti, mẹ́siti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: miesiti
  - Czech: mísit
- Polish: miesić
- Old Slovak:
  - Pannonian Rusyn: мишиц (mišic)
  - Slovak: miesiť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: měsyć
  - Lower Sorbian: měsyś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mě̄sìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 313: “v. (b) ‘mix, knead’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “měsiti: měsjǫ měsitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b blande, ælte (PR 137)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mě̄sìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 313: “v. (b) ‘mix, knead’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “měsiti: měsjǫ měsitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b blande, ælte (PR 137)”

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