Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/men(s)dʰh₁-

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

Etymology

A compound root from *men- (“to think”) +‎ *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put”), literally “to put in mind”.^[1]

Root

*men(s)dʰh₁-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men(s)dʰh₁- (1 c, 0 e)

*mn̥-dʰh₁-ró-s^[1]
- Proto-Germanic: *mundraz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *manzdʰHrás (see there for further descendants)
*mon-dʰh₁-ro-^[1]^[2]^[3]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mandrás (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

Albanian: mund (“can, win”)
Proto-Germanic: *mundōną (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *mandijaną
- Old Saxon: mendian
- Old High German: menden
  - Middle High German: menden
Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”)^[4]
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mazdʰáH (“wisdom, discernment, reasoning”) (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mundra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 376
^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mǫ́drъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329: “adj. o (b) ‘wise’”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 901

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mundra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 376

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mǫ́drъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329: “adj. o (b) ‘wise’”

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303

[4] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 901

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