Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mánas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ménos (“mind”).

Noun

*mánas n

1. mind, intellect, thought

Inflection

neuter as-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mánas	*mánasiH	*mánās
vocative	*mánas	*mánasiH	*mánās
accusative	*mánas	*mánasiH	*mánās
instrumental	*mánasaH	*mánazbʰyā(m)	*mánazbʰiš
ablative	*mánasas	*mánazbʰyā(m)	*mánazbʰyas
dative	*mánasay	*mánazbʰyā(m)	*mánazbʰyas
genitive	*mánasas	*mánasHās	*mánasaHam
locative	*mánasi	*mánasHaw	*mánasu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mánas
  • Sanskrit: मनस् (mánas) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *mánah
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬵 (manah), 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬋 (manō)
  • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎴𐏃 (m-n-h /⁠manah⁠/)