Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/méntis

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

Etymology

From *men- (“to think”) +‎ *-tis.

Noun

*méntis f

1. thought

Declension

Proterokinetic inflection. All of the reflexes point to *mn̥ti- stem with syllabic *-n̥-, except for Latin which is ambiguous and can be either. Therefore, there is no direct evidence for the *méntis form, but it is reconstructed on the assumption that all nouns with the *-tey- suffix followed proterokinetic inflection.

Declension of *méntis

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*méntis	*méntih₁	*ménteyes
Vocative	*ménti	*méntih₁	*ménteyes
Accusative	*méntim	*méntih₁	*méntins
Instrumental	*mn̥tíh₁	?	*mn̥tíbʰi
Dative	*mn̥téyey	?	*mn̥tímos
Ablative	*mn̥téys	?	*mn̥tímos
Genitive	*mn̥téys	?	*mn̥téyoHom
Locative	*mn̥téy / mn̥tḗy	?	*mn̥tísu

Descendants

• Proto-Germanic: *mundiz
• Ancient Greek: αὐτόματος (automatos) (automatos)
• Latin: mēns (genitive mentis)
• Lithuanian: mintis
• Sanskrit: मति (matí)
  • Telugu: మతి (mati) (mati)
• Old Church Slavonic: памѧть (pamętĭ) (pa-mętĭ), мьнѣти (mĭněti) (mĭněti)
  • Czech: paměť
  • Russian: память (pamjatʹ), помнить (pomnitʹ) ("to remember"), мнить (mnitʹ), мнение (mnenije)
  • Slovak: pamäť

References

• Don Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press, 2006