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

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Etymology

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From early *mn̥tís, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

Noun

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*mintís f[1][2][3]

  1. thought
  2. mind

Inflection

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Declension of *mintís (i-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mintís *míntīˀ *míntejes
Accusative *míntin *míntīˀ *míntī(ˀ)ns
Genitive *mintéis *mintejáu *mintejṓn
Locative *mintḗiˀ *mintejáu *mintíšu
Dative *míntei *mintímā(ˀ) *mintímas
Instrumental *míntīˀ (early forms) *mintímāˀ *mintímīˀs
Vocative *mintéi *míntīˀ *míntejes

Descendants

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  • East Baltic:
    • Lithuanian: mintìs
  • Proto-Slavic: *pàmętь (see there for further descendants)

References

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  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, 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