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Where does “ment-” come from?

ment- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European menth₂- — to whisk, stir.

Ancestry of “ment-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmenth₂-to whisk, stir

Words derived from “ment-”

  • męsti
  • мѧсти
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