Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьněti
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”).
Conjugation
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
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*mьněnьje | *mьněti | *mьnětъ | *mьnělъ |
Participles | ||
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Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *mьněnъ | *mьnimъ |
Active | *mьněvъ | *mьnę |
Aorist | Present | |||||
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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 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *mьněaxъ | *mьněaše | *mьněaše | — | *mьni | *mьni |
Dual | *mьněaxově | *mьněašeta | *mьněašete | *mьnivě | *mьnita | — |
Plural | *mьněaxomъ | *mьněašete | *mьněaxǫ | *mьnimъ | *mьnite | — |
Alternative forms
- *mьniti
Related terms
- *pamętь (“memory”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “мнить”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 536
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “мнить”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьněti (sę)/*mьniti (sę)”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow: Nauka, page 113-115
References
- 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’”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “mnénje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*mьně̋ti”