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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ménos

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From *men- (“think, mind”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*ménos n (oblique stem *ménes-) [1]

  1. mind
  2. thought

Inflection
Athematic, acrostatic
singular
nominative *ménos
genitive *ménesos
singular dual plural
nominative *ménos *ménesih₁ *ménōs
vocative *ménos *ménesih₁ *ménōs
accusative *ménos *ménesih₁ *ménōs
genitive *ménesos *? *ménesoHom
ablative *ménesos *? *ménesmos
dative *ménesey *? *ménesmos
locative *ménes, *ménesi *? *ménesu
instrumental *ménesh₁ *? *ménesbʰi

Derived terms
  • *dus-men-ḗs (“hostile”)[1]
  • *h₁su-mén-es (“benevolent”)[1]
    • Indo-Iranian: *Hsumánas
      • Indo-Aryan: *Hsumánas
        • Sanskrit: सुमनस् (sumánas)
      • Iranian: *Hhumánah
        • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬵‎ (humanah)
        • Old Persian: [script needed] (umanah)
          • Middle Persian: [script needed] (hūman, “good mined people”)
    • Hellenic: *ehumenḗs
      • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐀄𐀕𐀚 (e-u-me-ne)
      • Ancient Greek: εὐμενής (eumenḗs)
  • *menes-wéh₂[2]
    • Italic: *menezwā
      • Faliscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌖𐌀 (menerua, nom.sg., gen.sg., dat.sg.), 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌖𐌀𐌉 (meneruai, dat.sg.)
      • Latin: Minerva
      • Oscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌄(𐌅𐌀𐌔) (menere(vas), gen.sg.)
      • Paelignian: minerua (dat.sg.?), mineruai (dat.sg.)

Descendants
  • Indo-Iranian: *mánas (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic: *ménos

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μένος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 930-931
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “Minerva”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 380-381
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