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

    1. mind, thought

    Descendants

    • Latin: mēns

    References

    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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