Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mínˀtei

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“to rumple”). Matasovic connects the Balto-Slavic terms to Proto-Celtic *monītor (whence Middle Irish muinithir (“goes around”), Welsh mynd (“to go”)) and Umbrian menes (“(you) will come”),[1] while Derksen refrains from assigning any cognates outside Balto-Slavic.[2][3]

Verb

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*mínˀtei

  1. to trample, to crumple, to scutch

Descendants

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  • Lithuanian: mìnti
  • Latvian: mīt
  • Proto-Slavic: *mę̀ti (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mon-ī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 276
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “minti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 319
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 315-6
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