Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méntis

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.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

From *men- (“to think”) +‎ *-tis (abstract or action suffix).

Noun

*méntis f (oblique stem *mn̥téy-)

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)

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

[1] 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

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méntis

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Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

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