Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/mēns

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

From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-. De Vaan suggests that Proto-Indo-European nominative singular *meh₁-n-ōt is possible.

Noun

*mēns m[1]

  1. month
  2. moon

Declension

Declension of *mēns (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *mēns *mēnses
vocative *mēns *mēnses
accusative *mēnsem *mēnsens
genitive *mēnses, mēnsos *mēnsom
dative *mēnsei *mēnsβos
ablative *mēnsi? mēnse? *mēnsβos
locative *mēnsi? mēnse? *mēnsβos

Derived terms

  • *anter-mens-o/ā
    • Umbrian: 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌀𐌓𐌖 (antermenzaru)
  • *mēns-en-

Descendants

Reconstruction notes

Latin adjectives with -mē(n)stris, such as intermestris, quadrimestris, bimēstris, sēmēnstris, and trimēstris, suggest a Proto-Italic root *mēns-tri-, since *-sr- would evolve into *-br-.

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēnsis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
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