Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méntis
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
2=men id=thinkPlease see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
From *men- (“to think”) + *-tis.
Noun
*méntis f (oblique stem *mn̥téy-)
Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
---|---|---|---|
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 | *? | *mn̥tímis |
Descendants
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mintis
- Proto-Germanic: *mundiz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: μάντις (mántis)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *matíš (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic:
- Latin: mēns
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN