Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mend-

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

Root

*mend-

1. (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