Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mamiti

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

• Per Derksen, *mamiti is from *mȃmъ (“deceit”) +‎ *-iti, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-mo-, from the root *(s)meh₂- that also underlies Proto-Slavic *majati (“to wave, to beckon”), *mavati (“to wave, to beckon”), *māxàti (“to wave”). See *majati for further etymology. Derksen believes (following a theory of Van Wijk) that the synonymous verb *maniti developed from *mamiti by dissimilation, under the influence of *manǫti (“to beckon”), and that the Baltic cognates Lithuanian mõnyti (“to practice sorcery”), Latvian mãnît (“to deceive, to mislead”) are both borrowings from Slavic.
• Vasmer agrees that Lithuanian mõnyti is a Slavic borrowing but believes that Latvian mãnît is an inherited form. He notes but does not endorse Van Wijk's theory that *maniti is a dissimilated form. He agrees with Derksen that the underlying Proto-Indo-European root is the same as *majati, and adds as cognates Sanskrit माया (māyā́, “magic power, deceit, illusion”), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬌𐬌𐬁- (māiiā-), Old High German mein (“lying, deceitful”), Old Norse mein (“damage, unhappiness”), Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “deceit, focus, magician”). (Derksen instead links Old High German mein with Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change”); see *měniti (“to change”).)
• Trubachev basically agrees with Vasmer, and derives *maniti from *manъ (“deceit, hallucination?”), from the same root *(s)meh₂-.

Verb

*mamìti

1. to deceive

Inflection

Conjugation of *mamiti, *mami, *mamitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mamľenьje	*mamiti	*mamitъ	*mamilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mamľenъ	*mamimъ
Active	*mamľь	*mamę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mamixъ	*mami	*mami	*mamľǫ	*mamiši	*mamitь
Dual	*mamixově	*mamista	*mamiste	*mamivě	*mamita	*mamite
Plural	*mamixomъ	*mamiste	*mamišę	*mamimъ	*mamite	*mamętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mamľaaxъ	*mamľaaše	*mamľaaše	—	*mami	*mami
Dual	*mamľaaxově	*mamľaašeta	*mamľaašete	*mamivě	*mamita	—
Plural	*mamľaaxomъ	*mamľaašete	*mamľaaxǫ	*mamimъ	*mamite	—

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

Alternative forms

• *maniti

Related terms

• *mȃmъ (“deceit”)
• *māxàti (“to wave”)
• *majati, *mavati (“to wave, to beckon”)
• *manǫti (“to beckon”)
• *matati (“to frighten? to deceive?”)
• *mara (“ghost, apparition”)
• *morà (“nightly spirit, nightmare”)

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: мамити (mamiti), манити (maniti)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: манити (maniti) (16th century)
    • Belarusian: мані́ць (manícʹ)
    • Russian: мани́ть (manítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: мани́ти (manýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ма́мя (mámja), ма́ня (mánja) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: мами (mami)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ма́мити, ма́нити (dialectal)

    Latin: mámiti. mániti (dialectal)

  • Slovene: mamīti, mámiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mámiti
    • Czech: mámit
  • Polish: mamić, (dialectal) manić
  • Slovak: mamiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: mamiś, maniś

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мани́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 508
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мани́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*meh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 425
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*mamiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 189
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*maniti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 197