Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mijati

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *mьjati (Berneker, Machek)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change place”) + *-ati. Cognate with Latin meō (“to pass, to traverse”).

Verb

*mijati impf (perfective *minǫti)

1. to pass, to go past (transitive); to elapse (intransitive)
2. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to pass by each other

   Synonym: *orzminovati sę

Alternative forms

• *minovati

Conjugation

Lechitic, Slovak:

Conjugation of *mijati, *mija, *mijajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mijanьje	*mijati	*mijatъ	*mijalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mijanъ	*mijajemъ
Active	*mijavъ	*mijaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mijaxъ	*mija	*mija	*mijajǫ	*mijaješi	*mijajetь
Dual	*mijaxově	*mijasta	*mijaste	*mijajevě	*mijajeta	*mijajete
Plural	*mijaxomъ	*mijaste	*mijašę	*mijajemъ	*mijajete	*mijajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mijaaxъ	*mijaaše	*mijaaše	—	*mijaji	*mijaji
Dual	*mijaaxově	*mijaašeta	*mijaašete	*mijajivě	*mijajita	—
Plural	*mijaaxomъ	*mijaašete	*mijaaxǫ	*mijajimъ	*mijajite	—

Czech:

Conjugation of *mijati, *mija, *mijitь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mijanьje	*mijati	*mijatъ	*mijalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mijanъ	*mijimъ
Active	*mijavъ	*miję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mijaxъ	*mija	*mija	*mijǫ	*mijiši	*mijitь
Dual	*mijaxově	*mijasta	*mijaste	*mijivě	*mijita	*mijite
Plural	*mijaxomъ	*mijaste	*mijašę	*mijimъ	*mijite	*mijętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mijaaxъ	*mijaaše	*mijaaše	—	*miji	*miji
Dual	*mijaaxově	*mijaašeta	*mijaašete	*mijivě	*mijita	—
Plural	*mijaaxomъ	*mijaašete	*mijaaxǫ	*mijimъ	*mijite	—

Related terms

• *mimo (“past, by”) (adverb)

Derived terms

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: míjěti
    • Czech: míjet
  • Polish: mijać
  • Slovincian: mjijac
  • Slovak: míjať sa (dialectal)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mijati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 31