Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/méntis

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

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Etymology

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    From *men- (to think) +‎ *-tis (abstract or action suffix).

    Noun

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    *méntis f (oblique stem *mn̥téy-)

    1. thought

    Inflection

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    Athematic, proterokinetic
    singular
    nominative *méntis
    genitive *mn̥téys
    singular dual plural
    nominative *méntis *méntih₁(e) *ménteyes
    vocative *ménti *méntih₁(e) *ménteyes
    accusative *méntim *méntih₁(e) *méntims
    genitive *mn̥téys *? *mn̥téyoHom
    ablative *mn̥téys *? *mn̥tímos, *mn̥tíbʰos
    dative *mn̥téyey *? *mn̥tímos, *mn̥tíbʰos
    locative *mn̥téy, *mn̥tḗy *? *mn̥tísu
    instrumental *mn̥tíh₁ *? *mn̥tímis, *mn̥tíbʰis

    Descendants

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    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mintís (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *mundiz (see there for further descendants)
    • >? Proto-Hellenic: *mə́ntis (perhaps with analogical /n/)[1]
      • Ancient Greek: μάντις (mántis) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *matíš (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *mentis

    Further reading

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    • Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάντις, -εως”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 902–903