Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ménos
Proto-Indo-European
editEtymology
editFrom *men- (“think, mind”) + *-os.
Noun
edit*ménos n (oblique stem *ménes-)[1]
Inflection
editAthematic, acrostatic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *ménos | ||
genitive | *ménesos | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *ménos | *ménesih₁ | *ménōs |
vocative | *ménos | *ménesih₁ | *ménōs |
accusative | *ménos | *ménesih₁ | *ménōs |
genitive | *ménesos | *? | *ménesoHom |
ablative | *ménesos | *? | *ménesmos |
dative | *ménesey | *? | *ménesmos |
locative | *ménes, *ménesi | *? | *ménesu |
instrumental | *ménesh₁ | *? | *ménesmis |
Derived terms
edit- *dus-men-ḗs (“hostile”)[1] (with *dus- (“bad”))
- *h₁su-men-ḗs (“benevolent”)[1] (with *h₁su- (“good”))
- *menes-wéh₂[2]
Descendants
edit- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mánas (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *ménos
- Ancient Greek: μένος (ménos)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μένος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 930-931
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “Minerva”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 380-381