Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mányatay

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 *mén-ye-toy ~ *mn̥-yó-ror, from *men- (“to think”) +‎ *-yetoy (3sg.mid.).

Verb

*mányatay

1. to think, consider

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• *mánas
• *mántram
• *manzdʰHrás
• *matíš
• *mazdʰáH

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mányatay
  • Sanskrit: मन्यते (mányate) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *mányatay
  • Old Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬙𐬉 (maniietē)
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬙𐬈 (maⁱniiete)
  • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-n-i-y-a-t-i-y /⁠maniyātaiy⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠menēd⁠/)

      Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫗𐫏𐫏𐫅 (mnyyd)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mynyt)

  • Sogdian: 𐼺𐼷𐼻𐽂 (mynt)

Further reading

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*man”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262