Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/menth₂-

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

Root

*menth₂-^[1]

to stir

Derived terms

*ménth₂-ti ~ *mn̥th₂-énti? (athematic root present)^[2]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *menstei
  - Lithuanian: mę̃sti
  - Proto-Slavic: *męsti (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tocharian: *mänt- (class V present)
  - Tocharian A: mänt-
*m(n̥)t-né-h₂-ti ~ *mt-n-h₂-énti (nasal-infix present)^[3]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *matHnáHti
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: मथ्नाति (mathnāti, “to rob, snatch away”)
- Proto-Italic: *mandnō
  - Latin: mandō (“to chew”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tocharian: *mänt- (class VI present)
  - Tocharian B: mänt-

References

^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “486-487”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mandō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 361-362

[1] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “486-487”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

[2] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN

[3] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mandō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 361-362

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