Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьněti

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *minḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *mn-eh₁- (present stem *mn-eye-), from the root *men- (“to think, mind”).

Verb

*mьně̀ti impf

1. to think

Conjugation

Conjugation of *mьněti, *mьně, *mьnitь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mьněnьje	*mьněti	*mьnětъ	*mьnělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mьněnъ	*mьnimъ
Active	*mьněvъ	*mьnę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьněxъ	*mьně	*mьně	*mьňǫ	*mьniši	*mьnitь
Dual	*mьněxově	*mьněsta	*mьněste	*mьnivě	*mьnita	*mьnite
Plural	*mьněxomъ	*mьněste	*mьněšę	*mьnimъ	*mьnite	*mьnętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьněaxъ	*mьněaše	*mьněaše	—	*mьni	*mьni
Dual	*mьněaxově	*mьněašeta	*mьněašete	*mьnivě	*mьnita	—
Plural	*mьněaxomъ	*mьněašete	*mьněaxǫ	*mьnimъ	*mьnite	—

Alternative forms

• *mьniti

Related terms

• *pamętь (“memory”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мьнѣти (mĭněti), мьнити (mĭniti)
    • Belarusian: мнець (mnjecʹ), мныць (mnycʹ) (obsolete)
    • Russian: мнить (mnitʹ)
    • Ukrainian: мни́ти (mnýty) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: мьнѣти (mĭněti)
  • Bulgarian: мня (mnja) (obsolete; now found only in prefixed verbs)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мнјети (archaic), мни̏ти

    Latin script: mnjeti, mnȉti

  • Slovene: mnẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mnieti
    • Czech: mněti (obsolete), mnít (literary, archaic)
  • Old Polish: mnieć
    • Middle Polish: mnieć
  • Slovak: mnieť (obsolete)
    • ⇒ Slovak: domnievať sa, domnienka

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мнить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 536
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мнить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьněti (sę)/*mьniti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, pages 113-115