Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьněti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-SlavicEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• *mьniti

EtymologyEdit

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

Cognates include Lithuanian minė́ti (“to mention”) (1sg. menù, later miniù), Latvian minêt (“to mention”) (1sg. minu), Lithuanian miñti (“to remember, to guess”) (1sg. menù), manýti (“to understand, to think”) (1sg. manaũ), Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai, “to rage”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬙𐬈‏ (mainiiete), Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate, “to think, to believe, to suppose”), मनुते (manuté, “to think, to remember”), Old Persian 𐎶𐎡𐎴𐎹𐎠𐏃𐎹 (mainyāhay), Ancient Greek μέμονα (mémona, “to remember”), Latin meminī (“to remember”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (munan, “to think, to remember”), Old Irish do·muinethar (“to believe”), Ancient Greek μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”).

VerbEdit

*mьněti impf

1. to think

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of *mьněti

infinitive	*mьněti
supine	*mьnětъ
verbal noun	*mьněnьje
participles	present	past
active	*mьnę	*mьněvъ
passive	*mьnimъ	*mьněnъ
resultative	—	*mьnělъ
	present	imperative
1st singular	*mьnjǫ	—
2nd singular	*mьnišь	*mьni
3rd singular	*mьnitь	*mьni
1st dual	*mьnivě	*mьnivě
2nd dual	*mьnita	*mьnita
3rd dual	*mьnite	*mьnite
1st plural	*mьnimъ	*mьnimъ
2nd plural	*mьnite	*mьnite
3rd plural	*mьnętь	—
	imperfect	aorist
1st singular	*mьněaxъ	*mьněxъ
2nd singular	*mьněaše	*mьně
3rd singular	*mьněaše	*mьně
1st dual	*mьněaxově	*mьněxově
2nd dual	*mьněašeta	*mьněsta
3rd dual	*mьněašete	*mьněste
1st plural	*mьněaxomъ	*mьněxomъ
2nd plural	*mьněašete	*mьněste
3rd plural	*mьněaxǫ	*mьněšę

Related termsEdit

• *pamętь (“memory”)

DescendantsEdit

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мьнѣти (mĭněti), мьнити (mĭniti)
    • Old Belarusian: мнети (mnjeti), мнити (mniti, “to think, to believe, to consider”)
    • Russian: мнить (mnitʹ, “to think, to imagine”), 1sg. мню (mnju)
    • Ukrainian: мни́ти (mníti, “to think, to believe, to consider, to know”) (dialectal)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: мьнѣти (mĭněti, “to think, to suppose, to imagine”), 1sg. мьнѭ (mĭnjǫ)
  • Bulgarian: мня (mnja, “to believe”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: мнјети (“to think, to suppose”) (archaic); мни̏ти (“to think, to suppose”), 1sg. мни̑м

    Latin: mnjeti, mnȉti (“to think, to suppose”), 1sg. mnȋm

  • Slovene: mnẹ́ti (“to think, to suppose”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. mním (tonal orthography)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mnieti (“to think, to suppose, to intend”)
    • Czech: mnět (“to think, to suppose”) (archaic), mnít (“to think, to suppose”) (literary)
  • Old Polish: mnieć (“to think, to suppose”)
    • Polish: mnieć (“to think, to believe, to consider”) (archaic; now found only in prefixed verbs, e.g. pomnieć, pomnić (“to remember”))
  • Slovak: mnieť (“to think, to suppose”) (obsolete)

ReferencesEdit

• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “мнить”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 536
• Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mьněti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, pages 340–341
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мнить”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
• Trubačev O. N., editor (1994), “*mьněti (sę)/*mьniti (sę)”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow: Nauka, pages 113–115