Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/men(s)dʰh₁-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

A compound root from *men- (to think) +‎ *dʰeh₁- (to do, put), literally to put in mind.[1]

Root

*men(s)dʰh₁-

  1. vivacious
  2. wisdom
  3. to pay attention to

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men(s)dʰh₁- (1 c, 0 e)
  • *mn̥-dʰh₁-ró-s[1]
    • Proto-Germanic: *mundraz (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *manzdʰHrás (see there for further descendants)
  • *mon-dʰh₁-ro-[1][2][3]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mandrás (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Albanian: mund (can, win)
    • Proto-Germanic: *mundōną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *mandijaną
    • Hellenic:
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mazdʰáH (wisdom, discernment, reasoning) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mundra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 376
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mǫ́drъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329:adj. o (b) ‘wise’
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303
  4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 901