Where does “mintis” come from?

mintis (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic mintís, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

mintis (Lithuanian): thought

Definitions

  1. thought

Ancestry of “mintis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicmintísthought; mind
2Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
3Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mintís →