Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moltiti

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 *moltъ (“hammer”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*mōltìti

1. to beat, to thresh

Inflection

Conjugation of *moltiti, *molti, *moltitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*molťenьje	*moltiti	*moltitъ	*moltilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*molťenъ	*moltimъ
Active	*molťь	*moltę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*moltixъ	*molti	*molti	*molťǫ	*moltiši	*moltitь
Dual	*moltixově	*moltista	*moltiste	*moltivě	*moltita	*moltite
Plural	*moltixomъ	*moltiste	*moltišę	*moltimъ	*moltite	*moltętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*molťaaxъ	*molťaaše	*molťaaše	—	*molti	*molti
Dual	*molťaaxově	*molťaašeta	*molťaašete	*moltivě	*moltita	—
Plural	*molťaaxomъ	*molťaašete	*molťaaxǫ	*moltimъ	*moltite	—

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

Related terms

• *moltъ (“hammer”)
• *melti (“to grind, to mill”)
• *mělь, *mělъ (“finely ground substance, chalk, sandbank”)
• *mlinъ (“pancake”)
• *moľь (“moth”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: молотити (molotiti)
    • Belarusian: малаці́ць (malacícʹ)
    • Russian: молоти́ть (molotítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: молоти́ти (molotýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: млатити (mlatiti)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: мла́тя (mlátja)
  • Macedonian: млати (mlati)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мла́тити

    Latin script: mlátiti

  • Slovene: mlatīti, mlátiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mlátiti
    • Czech: mlátit
  • Old Polish: młócić
    • Polish: młócić
  • Slovak: mlátiť
  • Slovincian: mlôcëc
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: młócić
    • Lower Sorbian: młośiś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молоти́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moltiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 192