Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/men-

This entry contains Proto-Indo-European 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

Root

*men-

1. to think, mind
2. spiritual activity

Derived terms

• Present: ?
• Aorist: ?
• Perfect: *memón-

• *méntis (“thought”)
• *ménos (“mind”) (verbal noun obtained by vrddhi)
  • Sanskrit: मनस् (mánas)
    • Hindi: मन (man)
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬋 (manō)
  • Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡 (haxā-mani) (personal name, "who has the mind of a friend", "friendly minded")
  • Ancient Greek: μένος (ménos)
• *mn̥yo/e-
  • Ancient Greek: μαίνομαι (maínomai), μνάομαι (mnáomai)
  • Sanskrit: मन्यते (mányate)
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬫𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬈 (mainyeite)
  • Old Irish: do·moinethar, for·moinethar
  • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎡𐎴𐎹𐎠𐏃𐎹 (mainyāhay)
•  ?
  • Russian: мысль, мышление, мечта, смысл, ум, разум, мозг

Root

*men-

1. to stay, stand still

Descendants

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: մնամ (mnam)
    • Armenian: մնալ (mnal)
• Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: μένω (ménō)
• Indo-Iranian: *(d)mān
  • Kurdish: man
  • Persian: ماندن (mándan)
• Italic:
  • Latin: maneo (> mansiō)
    • English: mansion

Root

*men-

1. to tower, to stand out

Descendants

• Latin: mōns (“mountain”)
• Latin: prōmineō