Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mányatay

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-yé-toy ~ *mn̥-yó-ror, from *men- (“to think”) +‎ *-yétor (3sg.mid.).

    Verb

    *mányatay

    1. to think, consider

    Inflection

    This verb needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mányatay
    • Proto-Iranian: *mányatay
      • Old Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬙𐬉 (maniietē)
      • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎴𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-n-i-y-a-t-i-y /⁠maniyātaiy⁠/)
        • Middle Persian: (/⁠menēd⁠/)
          Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫗𐫏𐫏𐫅 (mnyyd)
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mynyt)
      • Sogdian: 𐼺𐼷𐼻𐽂 (mynt)

    Further reading

    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*man”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
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