Where does “matíṣ” come from?

matíṣ (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian matíš, from Proto-Indo-European mn̥tís, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

Ancestry of “matíṣ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmatíšthought
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmn̥tís—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
4Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mn̥tís →