menzen

Umbrian

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Etymology

From Proto-Italic *mēns-en, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).

Noun

menzen n

1. Moon

References

• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “menzne”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 29
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēnsis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373