Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mintís

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From early *mn̥tís, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

Noun

*mintís f^[1]^[2]^[3]

thought
mind

Inflection

Declension of *mintís (i-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mintís	*míntīˀ	*míntejes
Accusative	*míntin	*míntīˀ	*míntī⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*mintéis	*mintejáu	*mintejṓn
Locative	*mintḗiˀ	*mintejáu	*mintíšu
Dative	*míntei	*mintímā⁽ˀ⁾	*mintímas
Instrumental	*míntīˀ (early forms)	*mintímāˀ	*mintímīˀs
Vocative	*mintéi	*míntīˀ	*míntejes

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: mintìs
⇒ Proto-Slavic: *pàmętь (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎^[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pàmętь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 390: “*mintis”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mintis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 319: “*mintis”

[1] Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎^[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pàmętь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 390: “*mintis”

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015) “mintis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 319: “*mintis”

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