Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mend-

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Proto-Indo-European

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Root

*mend-

(dialectal) foal, small horse

Derived terms

*mend-yos
- Proto-Albanian: *mandja (see there for further descendants)
*mend-os
- Illyrian: *mandos
- ⇒? Latin: mannus
*mend-ye-nos
- Thracian: μεζηνα (mezina), Μεζηναι (Mezinai)
*mend-yo-nos
- ⇒ Messapic: Iuppiter Menzanas
*mend-wos
- Gaulish: manduos
Unsorted formations
Dacian:
- → Romanian: mînz, mânz

References

Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 274