Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/men-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*men-^[1]

to think, mind
spiritual activity

Derived terms

Template:PIE root see

*món-e ~ *mn-ḗr (root stative)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mnā́
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mnā́
    - Sanskrit: म्ना (mnā)
*me-món-e ~ *me-mn-ḗr (reduplicated stative)
*mon-éye-ti (eye-causative)
- Proto-Italic: *moneō (see there for further descendants)
*mn-eh₂-mō
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: μνήμων (mnḗmōn)
*mn̥-yé-tor (deponent ye-present)
- Proto-Celtic: *manyetor (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *məňňómai
  - Ancient Greek: μαίνομαι (maínomai)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mányatay (see there for further descendants)
*mn-eh₂-yé-tor (thematic deponent ye-present)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: μνάομαι (mnáomai)
*me-mn-eh₂-sḱé-ti (thematic reduplicated *sḱe-present)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: μιμνῄσκω (mimnḗiskō)
*mn̥-tó-s
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: αὐτόματος (autómatos), (αὐτό)ματος ((autó)matos)
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: commentus, (com)mentus
*mén-ti-s ~ *mn̥-téy-s (“thought”)
*mén-mn̥ ~ *mn̥-mén-s (“understanding”)
- Proto-Celtic: *menman (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mánman
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mánman
    - Sanskrit: मन्मन् (mánman)
*mén-os (“mind”)
*mé-mn-ō
- (perhaps) Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: θρασυμέμνων (thrasumémnōn), (θρασυ)μέμνων ((thrasu)mémnōn)
*mé-mn-os
- Proto-Italic: *memnos
  - Latin: memor
*mén-tro-m
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mántram (see there for further descendants)
*mon-(e)stro-m
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: mōnstrum
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- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: μανθάνω (manthánō)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mazdʰáH (see there for further descendants)
- *mn̥(s)-dʰh₁-ro-
  - Proto-Germanic: *mundraz (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

Balto-Slavic:
- Proto-Slavic: *myslь, Proto-Slavic: *mysliti, Proto-Slavic: *mysľati
Proto-Germanic: *minþijō
- Frankish: *minnjo
  - Old French: mignon
    - Middle French: mognon
      - English: minion
Proto-Germanic: *muntijaną (see there for further descendants)
(perhaps) Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: Μοῦσα (Moûsa)
Indo-Iranian:
- Indo-Aryan:
  - Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
Latin: comminīscor, reminīscor

Root

*men-^[2]^[3]^[4]

to stay, remain

Derived terms

Template:PIE root see

*mén-e-ti (root thematic present)^[2]^[5]
- Proto-Hellenic: *ménō
  - Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
*mé-men-ti (reduplicated athematic present)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mámanti
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mámanti
    - Sanskrit: ममन्धि (mamandhi, “wait!”, 2sg.ipv.act.), अममन् (ámaman, “had waited”, 3sg.ipf./aor.act.), ममन्यात् (mamanyāt, “if he would miss, neglect”, 3sg.opt.act.)
*mí-men-ti ~ *mí-mn̥-nti (i-reduplicated athematic present)^[2]^[5]^[6]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- >? Proto-Anatolian: (unlikely^[7])
  - Hittite: 𒈪𒅎𒈠𒄿 (mi-im-ma-i, “to refuse, decline”, 3sg.pres.act.)
*mḗn-s-t ~ *mén-s-n̥t (s-aorist)^[2]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- Proto-Italic:
  - Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
*mon-éye-ti (éye-causative)^[2]^[5]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mānáyati
  - Proto-Iranian: *mānáyati (see there for further descendants)
*m̥n-éh₁ye-ti (eh₁-stative)^[2]^[8]
- Proto-Armenian: *menāye-^[9] (or < *mn̥-h₁yé-ti ("essive")^[2])
  - Old Armenian: մնամ (mnam, 1sg.pres.)
    - Armenian: մնալ (mnal)
- Proto-Italic: *mnēō, *monēō^[8] (unexplained -o-)
  - Latin: maneō (see there for further descendants)
*mn̥-sḱé-ti (sḱe-present)^[2]^[10]
- Proto-Armenian: *menāsk̑et^[9]
  - Armenian: մնաց (mnacʻ, 3sg.aor.)
- (possibly) Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.^[10]
  - Tocharian A: mäskatär
  - Tocharian B: mäsketär
*mon-éh₂
- Proto-Hellenic: *monā́
  - Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
*mé-mn-ō
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: Μέμνων (Mémnōn)

Unsorted formations

Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.^[11]^[5]
- Middle Welsh: anmynedd, amynedd
- Old Irish: ainmne

Root

*men-

to stand out, to tower

Derived terms

Template:PIE root see

*mn̥-éh₁-ye-ti
- Proto-Italic: *menēō
  - Latin: ēmineō, (ē)mineō, (im)mineō, (prō)mineō
*men-eh₂
- Proto-Italic: *menā
  - Latin: minae
*men-to-
- Proto-Italic: *mentom
  - Latin: mentum
*món-tis ~ *mn̥-téy-
- Indo-Iranian:
  - Iranian:
    - Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (maⁱti)
- Proto-Italic: *monts
  - Latin: mōns
*mon-i-yo-
- Proto-Celtic: *moniyos (“mountain”) (see there for further descendants)
*mōn-i-yo-
- Proto-Germanic: *mōnijaz
  - Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
*mōn-éye-ti
- Proto-Germanic: *mōnijaną
  - Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*men-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 437
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “men-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 729
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*men-”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 227
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μένω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 931-932
^ Jay Jasanoff, Hittite and the Indo-European Verb, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, page {{{1}}}
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “mimma-i / mimm-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 581-582
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “maneō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1
^{The template Template:R:xcl:Martirosyan:2013 does not use the parameter(s): head=mnam
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Martirosyan, Hrach (2013) “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎^[2], number 10, page 471
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “¹mäsk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 491-492
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*an-men-V-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 38

[De_Vaan_2008-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[LIV_men2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*men-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 437

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “men-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 729

[4] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*men-”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 227

[Beekes-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μένω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 931-932

[6] Jay Jasanoff, Hittite and the Indo-European Verb, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, page {{{1}}}

[7] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “mimma-i / mimm-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 581-582

[DeVaan2008-8] 8.0 ^8.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “maneō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363

[Martirosyan-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^{The template Template:R:xcl:Martirosyan:2013 does not use the parameter(s): head=mnam
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Martirosyan, Hrach (2013) “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎^[2], number 10, page 471

[Adams2013-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “¹mäsk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 491-492

[11] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*an-men-V-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 38

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