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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méntis
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *men- (“to think”) + *-tis.
Noun
*méntis f
- thought
Inflection
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *méntis | ||
| genitive | *mn̥téys | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *méntis | *méntih₁(e) | *ménteyes |
| vocative | *ménti | *méntih₁(e) | *ménteyes |
| accusative | *méntim | *méntih₁(e) | *méntims |
| genitive | *mn̥téys | *? | *mn̥téyoHom |
| ablative | *mn̥téys | *? | *mn̥tímos |
| dative | *mn̥téyey | *? | *mn̥tímos |
| locative | *mn̥téy, *mn̥tḗy | *? | *mn̥tísu |
| instrumental | *mn̥tíh₁ | *? | *mn̥tímis |
Descendants
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mintís (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *mundiz (see there for further descendants)
- >? Proto-Hellenic: *mə́ntis (perhaps with analogical /n/)[1]
- Ancient Greek: μάντις (mántis) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *matíš (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *mentis
- Latin: mēns, mentior (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μάντις, -εως”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 902–903