Where does “памѧть” come from?

памѧть (Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic pamętь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pōˀ-mintis.

Ancestry of “памѧть”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpamętьmemory
2Proto-Balto-Slavicpōˀ-mintis
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic pōˀ-mintisEvery word from Proto-Slavic pamętь