Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-mh₁nos

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-mh₁nos

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

• *-menos, *-mnos

Reconstruction

The -ā- in the Sanskrit descendant is an innovation, from the athematic Proto-Indo-European *-C-m̥h₁no- > Proto-Indo-Iranian *-C-aHno- > Sanskrit -C-āna being remodelled for the thematic paradigm. The Middle Indo-Aryan form -mina reflects the regular outcome of Proto-Indo-Iranian *-mHnas, pointing to the regular form being preserved in an unattested Old Indo-Aryan dialect.

Suffix

*-mh₁nos[1]

1. forms the middle participle

Descendants

• Hellenic: [Term?]
  • Ancient Greek: -μενος (-menos)
• Indo-Iranian: *-mHnas
  • Indo-Aryan: *-mHnas
    • Sanskrit: -मान (-māna) (thematic), आन (āna) (athematic) (-ā- is an innovation)
      • Maharastri Prakrit: -𑀫𑀺𑀦 (-mina)
      • Pali: -māna
  • Indo-Iranian: *-mHnah
    • Avestan: 𐬨𐬥𐬀‎ (mna) (thematic), 𐬁𐬥𐬀‎ (āna) (athematic)
• Italic: [Term?]
  • Latin: -mnus (thematic), -mina (athematic) (only in alumnus, fēmina)
• Tocharian: [Term?]
  • Tocharian A: -māṃ
  • Tocharian B: -mane

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 114