mьgnǫti

mьgnǫti Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `blink'

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Old Russian:

mьgnuti `wink, blink, twinkle' [verb];

megnuti `wink, blink, twinkle' [verb]

Czech:

mehnouti (Kott) `blink, move' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

màgnuti `blink' [verb]

Slovene:

mǝgníti `blink' [verb], mágnem [1sg], mę́gnim [1sg]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: mig-

Indo-European reconstruction: h₃meigʰ-

IE meaning: flicker, blink

Certainty: +

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Comments: According to the ESSJa (XIX: 29), the root vocalism of *mьgnǫti is older than the one encountered in *mignǫti , which in most Slavic languages serves as the perfective counterpart of *migati. Van Wijk was the first to identify *mьgnǫti with Gm. *mikk- `aim' < *mig(h)-n- (Van Wijk 1911: 124).

Other cognates:

MDu. micken `aim' [verb] \{2\}