Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mentis

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *méntis, from *men- + *-tis.^[1]

Noun

*mentis

mind, thought

Descendants

Latin: mēns

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēns, mentis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 372-3

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēns, mentis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 372-3

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