Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-mn̥

This Proto-Indo-European 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.

Related to the following masculine suffixes:

• *-mḗn (< **-mens) (e.g. Ancient Greek ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”)).
• *-mō (< **-mons) (e.g. Latin sermō, Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn), Sanskrit अश्मन् (áśman)).

*(é)-mn̥ n

1. Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

• *-mn-o-
  • Proto-Hellenic: *-mnos
    • Ancient Greek: -μνος (-mnos)
  • Proto-Italic: *-mnos
    • Latin: -mnus
• *-mn̥-to-
  • Proto-Hellenic: *-mə ~ *-mət-
    • Ancient Greek: -μα (-ma) ~ -ματ- (-mat-)
  • Proto-Italic: *-məntom
    • Latin: -mentum

• Proto-Albanian: *-mā
  • Albanian: -më
• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: -ումն (-umn), -աւն (-awn)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-men, *-min
  • Proto-Slavic: *-mę
    • Old Church Slavonic: -мѧ (-mę)
• Proto-Celtic: *-man, *-sman
• Proto-Germanic: *-mô (merged with *-mō)
• Proto-Hellenic: *-mə
  • Ancient Greek: -μᾰ (-mă)
• Proto-Hellenic: *-men
  • Ancient Greek: -μεν (-men) (Epic infinitive ending)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-ma (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *-mən
  • Latin: -men

• Parvaz Karanjia, Ramiyar. Teach yourself Avesta. A beginner's guide to the script, grammar & language of the Zoroastrian scriptural texts. 2011, p. 40 (pdf online).