Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьlknǫti

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

By surface analysis, *mьlkъ +‎ *-nǫti. See *mьlčati for further discussion.

Verb

(South Slavic) *mьlknǫti pf (imperfective *mьlčati)

1. (inchoative) to become silent, to shut up

(North Slavic) *mьlknǫti impf

1. (essive) to be calm, to keep quite

Inflection

Conjugation of *mьlknǫti, *mьlče, *mьlknetь (?, -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mьlčenьje	*mьlknǫti	*mьlknǫtъ	*mьlklъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mьlčenъ	*mьlknomъ
Active	*mьlkъ	*mьlkny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьlk(ox)ъ	*mьlče	*mьlče	*mьlknǫ	*mьlkneši	*mьlknetь
Dual	*mьlk(ox)ově	*mьlk(e/os)ta	*mьlk(e/os)te	*mьlknevě	*mьlkneta	*mьlknete
Plural	*mьlk(ox)omъ	*mьlk(e/os)te	*mьlkǫ, *mьlkošę	*mьlknemъ	*mьlknete	*mьlknǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьlkněaxъ	*mьlkněaše	*mьlkněaše	—	*mьlkni	*mьlkni
Dual	*mьlkněaxově	*mьlkněašeta	*mьlkněašete	*mьlkněvě	*mьlkněta	—
Plural	*mьlkněaxomъ	*mьlkněašete	*mьlkněaxǫ	*mьlkněmъ	*mьlkněte	—

Notes:
• Aorist *mьlkeste ⇒ *mьlčeste, ...

Related terms

• *mьlklivъ, *mьlklъ, *mьlkvъ
• *mьlkota
• *mьlkunъ
• *mьlkъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: мо́ўкнуць (móŭknucʹ)
  • Russian: мо́лкнуть (mólknutʹ)
  • Ukrainian: мо́вкнути (móvknuty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: млъкнѫти (mlŭknǫti)
  • Bulgarian: млъ́кна (mlǎ́kna), млъ́кнувам (mlǎ́knuvam)
  • Macedonian: молкне (molkne)
  • Serbo-Croatian: му́кнути
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mlknúti
    • Czech: mlknout
  • Old Polish: milknąć
    • Polish: milknąć
  • Slovak: mĺknuť
  • Slovincian: ḿilknǫc, måłknoc
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mjelknyć, mjelknuć

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молкнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “молчать”, 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 540
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьlknǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 107
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “млъкна, млъкнувам, млъквам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 173