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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьněti

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *minēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *mn-eh₁- (present stem *mn-eye-), from the root *men- (“to think, mind”).

Cognates include Lithuanian minė́ti (“to mention”) (1sg. menù, later miniù), Latvian minêt (“to mention”) (1sg. minu), Lithuanian miñti (“to remember, to guess”) (1sg. menù), manýti (“to understand, to think”) (1sg. manaũ), Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai, “to rage”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬙𐬈‎ (mainiiete), Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate, “to think, to believe, to suppose”), मनुते (manuté, “to think, to remember”), Old Persian 𐎶𐎡𐎴𐎹𐎠𐏃𐎹 (mainyāhay), Ancient Greek μέμονα (mémona, “to remember”), Latin meminī (“to remember”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (munan, “to think, to remember”), Old Irish do·muinethar (“to believe”), Ancient Greek μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”).

Verb

*mьně̀ti impf [1][2]

  1. to think

Conjugation
Conjugation of *mьněti (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ěti
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*mьněnьje *mьněti *mьnětъ *mьnělъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *mьněnъ *mьnimъ
Active *mьněvъ *mьnę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *mьněxъ*mьně*mьně *mьňǫ*mьniši*mьnitь
Dual *mьněxově*mьněsta*mьněste *mьnivě*mьnita*mьnite
Plural *mьněxomъ*mьněste*mьněšę *mьnimъ*mьnite*mьnętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *mьněaxъ*mьněaše*mьněaše —*mьni*mьni
Dual *mьněaxově*mьněašeta*mьněašete *mьnivě*mьnita—
Plural *mьněaxomъ*mьněašete*mьněaxǫ *mьnimъ*mьnite—

Alternative forms
  • *mьniti

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: мьнѣти (mĭněti)
    • Bulgarian: мня (mnja)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: мнјети (archaic), мни̏ти
      Latin: mnjeti, mnȉti
    • Slovene: mnẹ́ti (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mnieti
      • Czech: mnět (archaic), mnít (literary)
    • Old Polish: mnieć
      • Polish: mnieć (archaic; now found only in prefixed verbs)
    • Slovak: mnieť (obsolete)

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mьněti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 340: “v. ‘think’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “mnénje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*mьně̋ti”
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