mendh-

mendh-
    mendh-
    English meaning: to pay attention to; vivacious
    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘seinen Sinn worauf richten, lebhaft sein”
    Material: O.Ind. mēdhǘ “Weisheit, discernment, Verstand”, Av. mazdü, mazdüh- n. “Gedachtnis, Erinnerung”, mazdüh- m. name of höchsten Gottes (*mazdhü from *mn̥dh-tü); Gk. μανθάνω (secondary present to) μαθήσομαι, μαθεῖν “learn”, Dor.-Eol. μάθη, Ion. μάθος n., Ion.-Att. μάθησις “Lernen, Unterricht”; μενθήρη “forehead; φροντίς”; perhaps Μοῦσα (*μονθι̯α) “Muse”; Alb. mund “ can, win “; Maybe (*mundi) Muji “ Heracles of Albanians “, mundje “ struggle, defeat “ Welsh mynnu “wollen”, Corn. mennaf “I will”, mynnes, mynnas “wollen, volition”, Welsh go-fin(n) “long, want, bid, beg, ask, fragen”, Corn. govyn ds.; Goth. mundōn “ look up “, mundrei “ purpose “, O.Ice. munda “aim, strive”, O.H.G. muntar “keen, eager, munter”, muntarī “ eagerness “; O.H.G. mendī “pleasure, joy”, menden, O.S. mendian “ be glad “; Lith. mañdras, mandrùs “alert, awake, smart, minxish, wanton”; Ltv. muôdrs and muôžs ds. (*mandus), muôstiês “aufwachen”; O.Bulg. mǫdrъ “wise”. Maybe Alb.Gheg men(d)-të “brains”, Alb. mend-im “thought”, (*mentsur) mençur “ smart “ : Lith. mandrùs “alert, smart”. IE men-dh- through compression from *men-dhē- “ sense, mind whereupon place “, compare O.Ind. man[*z]-dhütá r- “the thinking, the pious “, Av. mąz-dü- “ commit to memory, memorize “ (therefrom mązdra- ‘sensible, smart, wise”). - From Gk. προ-μηθής “ vorsorglich “ (Dor. -ü-) to be closed in IE *mü-dh- besides*men-dh- (as gʷü- : gʷem-), seems possible.
    References: WP. II 270 f., Trautmann 168 f.

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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