Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méntis
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Proto-Indo-European[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *men- (“to think”) + *-tis.
Noun[edit]
*méntis f
Inflection[edit]
Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
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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 | *? | *mn̥tíbʰi |
Descendants[edit]
- Balto-Slavic: *mintís (see there for further descendants)
- Germanic: *mundiz (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic: *mə́ntis[1]
- Ancient Greek: μάντις (mántis) (see there for further descendants)
- Indo-Iranian: *matíš (see there for further descendants)
- Italic: *mentis
- Latin: mēns (see there for further descendants)
Further reading[edit]
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
References[edit]
- ^ 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