Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫtiti

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 *mántīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *month₂-éye-ti (given as *montH-éye-ti in Derksen). See *męstì for further etymology.

Verb

*mǭtìti

1. to stir, to make turbid
2. to trouble, to enervate

Inflection

Conjugation of *mǫtiti, *mǫti, *mǫtitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mǫťenьje	*mǫtiti	*mǫtitъ	*mǫtilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mǫťenъ	*mǫtimъ
Active	*mǫťь	*mǫtę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mǫtixъ	*mǫti	*mǫti	*mǫťǫ	*mǫtiši	*mǫtitь
Dual	*mǫtixově	*mǫtista	*mǫtiste	*mǫtivě	*mǫtita	*mǫtite
Plural	*mǫtixomъ	*mǫtiste	*mǫtišę	*mǫtimъ	*mǫtite	*mǫtętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mǫťaaxъ	*mǫťaaše	*mǫťaaše	—	*mǫti	*mǫti
Dual	*mǫťaaxově	*mǫťaašeta	*mǫťaašete	*mǫtivě	*mǫtita	—
Plural	*mǫťaaxomъ	*mǫťaašete	*mǫťaaxǫ	*mǫtimъ	*mǫtite	—

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

Related terms

• *męstì (“to stir, to trouble”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мꙋтити (mutiti)
    • Belarusian: муци́ць (mucícʹ)
    • Russian: мути́ть (mutítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: мути́ти (mutýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: мѫтити (mǫtiti)

    Glagolitic: ⰿⱘⱅⰻⱅⰻ (mǫtiti)

  • Bulgarian: мъ́тя (mǎ́tja), мъ́нтя (mǎ́ntja) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: мати (mati)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: му́тити

    Latin script: mútiti

  • Slovene: motīti, mọ́titi (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mútiti
    • Czech: moutit, mútit, mutit (obsolete or dialectal), mútiť (dialectal)
  • Old Polish: mącić, męcić
    • Polish: mącić
  • Slovak: mútiť
  • Slovincian: mãcëc
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mućić
    • Lower Sorbian: muśiś

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мути́ть”, 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 550
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мути́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*menth₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 438–439
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫtiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 142