Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/minḗˀtei

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

*minḗˀtei[1][2]

  1. to think

Inflection edit

Mobile accent.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

  • Latvian: minêt
  • Lithuanian: minė́ti
  • Proto-Slavic: *mьně̀ti (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mьněti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 340:BSl. *mineʔtei
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “minėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318:BSL *mineʔ-; *min(e)i-