Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/minǫti

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 the root of *mijati (“to pass”) + *-nǫti, from Proto-Indo-European *mey-. Cognate with Latin meō (“to go, to pass”) (infinitive meāre).

Verb

*minǫti pf

1. to pass

Inflection

Conjugation of *minǫti, *minǫ, *minetь (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*minovenьje	*minǫti	*minǫtъ	*minǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*minovenъ	—
Active	*minǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*minǫxъ	*minǫ	*minǫ	*minǫ	*mineši	*minetь
Dual	*minǫxově	*minǫsta	*minǫste	*minevě	*mineta	*minete
Plural	*minǫxomъ	*minǫste	*minǫšę	*minemъ	*minete	*minǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*mini	*mini
Dual	—	—	—	*miněvě	*miněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*miněmъ	*miněte	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

• *mijati (“to pass”)
• *minovati (“to pass”)
• *mimo (“by, past”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: минꙋти (minuti)
    • Belarusian: міну́ць (minúcʹ)
    • Russian: мину́ть (minútʹ)
    • Ukrainian: мину́ти (mynúty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: минѫти (minǫti)

    Glagolitic script: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: ми́на (mína)
  • Macedonian: мине (mine)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ми́нути

    Latin script: mínuti

  • Slovene: minīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: minúti
    • Czech: minout
  • Old Polish: minąć
    • Polish: minąć
  • Slovak: minúť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: minyć
    • Lower Sorbian: minuś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “минова́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*mei̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 426
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*minǫti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 52