Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/minéwti
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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 *mey- (“small”) + *-néwti (verbal suffix).
Verb
*minéwti[1]
Usage notes
This verb also influenced the presence of an *n in Proto-Germanic *minniz and Proto-Slavic *mьňьjь despite the verb itself not surviving in Germanic or Slavic.
Inflection
| Imperfective, athematic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd singular | *minéwti | ||||
| 3rd plural | *m̥yn̥wénti | ||||
| Active voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *minéwmi | *minḗm | — | *minéwoh₂ | *minuyéh₁m̥ |
| 2nd singular | *minéwsi | *minéws | *minéw, *minudʰí | *minéwesi | *minuyéh₁s |
| 3rd singular | *minéwti | *minéwt | *minéwtu | *minéweti | *minuyéh₁t |
| 1st dual | *minuwós | *minuwé | — | *minéwowos | *m̥yn̥wih₁wé |
| 2nd dual | *minutés | *minutóm | *minutóm | *minéwetes | *m̥yn̥wih₁tóm |
| 3rd dual | *minutés | *minutā́m | *minutā́m | *minéwetes | *m̥yn̥wih₁tā́m |
| 1st plural | *minumós | *minumé | — | *minéwomos | *m̥yn̥wih₁mé |
| 2nd plural | *minuté | *minuté | *minuté | *minéwete | *m̥yn̥wih₁té |
| 3rd plural | *m̥yn̥wénti | *m̥yn̥wént | *m̥yn̥wéntu | *minéwonti | *m̥yn̥wih₁ént |
| Participle | *m̥yn̥wónts | ||||
| Middle voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *minuh₂ér | *minuh₂é | — | *minéwoh₂er | *m̥yn̥wih₁h₂é |
| 2nd singular | *minuth₂ér | *minuth₂é | *minusó | *minéweth₂er | *m̥yn̥wih₁th₂é |
| 3rd singular | *minutór, *m̥yn̥wór | *minutó, *m̥yn̥wó | *? | *minéwetor | *m̥yn̥wih₁tó, *m̥yn̥wih₁ó |
| 1st dual | *minuwósdʰh₂ | *minuwédʰh₂ | — | *minéwowosdʰh₂ | *m̥yn̥wih₁wédʰh₂ |
| 2nd dual | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? |
| 3rd dual | *? | *? | *? | *? | *? |
| 1st plural | *minumósdʰh₂ | *minumédʰh₂ | — | *minéwomosdʰh₂ | *m̥yn̥wih₁médʰh₂ |
| 2nd plural | *minudʰh₂wé | *minudʰh₂wé | *minudʰh₂wé | *minéwedʰh₂we | *m̥yn̥wih₁dʰh₂wé |
| 3rd plural | *m̥yn̥wn̥tór, *minurór | *m̥yn̥wn̥tó, *minuró | *? | *minéwontor | *m̥yn̥wih₁ró |
| Participle | *m̥yn̥wm̥h₁nós | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-Celtic:
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Cornish: minow
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mináwti
- Proto-Italic: *minuō (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*minna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369