In Russian the word for memory is память [ˈpamʲɪtʲ], which comes from the Proto-Slavic *pamętь (memory), from the prefix *pōˀ and *mintis (though, mind), from the Proto-Indo-European *méntis (thought) [source].
Related words include:
- памятник [ˈpamʲɪtʲnʲɪk] = memorial, monument
- памятный [ˈpamʲɪtnɨj] = commemorative, memorable, memorial
- памятливый [ˈpamʲɪtlʲɪvɨj] = having a retentive memory, retentive
- памятка [ˈpamʲɪtkə] = memo, memorandum
- запамятовать [zɐˈpamʲɪtəvətʲ] = to forget (dated / colloquial)
- злопамятный [zlɐˈpamʲɪtnɨj] = vindictive, rancorous, unforgiving, likely to hold a grudge
- помнить [ˈpomnʲɪtʲ] = to remember
*méntis is also the root of such English words as dementia, mendacious, mental, mind, monitor and premonition.
I’m not familiar with two of the scripts in this “Mind and Memory” picture. In the upper right there is a golden script with smaller simplified Chinese characters within it. Is anyone familiar with this script?
Also, in the lower left corner there is a script sample in white. Can anyone identify it?
Just curious. Thank you.
The white one is 𐠖𐠛𐠖 (mi-ni-mi) in https://www.omniglot.com/writing/cypriot.htm
I think the golden script that overlays the simplified Chinese characters is mi-mo-mi in Linear B: https://www.omniglot.com/writing/linearb.htm