Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mintís

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This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

Noun

*mintís f[1][2][3]

  1. thought
  2. mind

Inflection

Declension of *mintís (i-stem, unknown accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mintis *mintīˀ *mintejes
Accusative *mintin *mintīˀ *mintī(ˀ)ns
Genitive *minteis *mintejau *mintejōn
Locative *mintēiˀ *mintejau *mintišu
Dative *mintei *mintimā(ˀ) *mintimas
Instrumental *mintīˀ (early forms) *mintimāˀ *mintimīˀs
Vocative *mintei *mintīˀ *mintejes

Descendants

  • Lithuanian: mintìs
  • Proto-Slavic: *pàmętь (< *pōˀ-mintis) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pàmętь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 390:*mintis
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mintis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 319:*mintis