Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrščiti

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 same source as *mъrgati (to wink, blink), which see.[1] Akin to Latvian mãrsklа, mãrsknа.

Verb

*mъrščiti (sę)

  1. (transitive) to crease, to wrinkle (to make a crease in)
    Synonym: *borzditi
  2. (reflexive) to crease, to wrinkle (to undergo creasing, to form wrinkles)
  3. (reflexive) to frown, to scowl

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic
    • Old East Slavic: съмърщенъ (sŭmŭrščenŭ)
    • Russian: мо́рщить (mórščitʹ)
    • Ukrainian: мо́рщити (mórščyty)
  • South Slavic
    • Bulgarian: мръ́щя (mrǎ́štja)
    • Macedonian: мршти (mršti)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мр̀штити
      Latin script: mr̀štiti
    • Slovene: mŕščiti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic
    • Old Czech: mrščiti
    • Old Polish: marszczyć
    • Slovak: mrštiť
    • Pannonian Rusyn: морщиц (morščic)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: moršćić

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “mrštit”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мо́рщить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress