Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēnô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛː.nɔːː/

Noun

*mēnô m

1. the moon

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *mēnô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mēnô	*mēnaniz
vocative	*mēnô	*mēnaniz
accusative	*mēnanų	*mēnanunz
genitive	*mēniniz	*mēnanǫ̂
dative	*mēnini	*mēnammaz
instrumental	*mēninē	*mēnammiz

Derived terms

• *mēniniz dagaz

Related terms

• *mēnōþs

Descendants

• Old English: mōna, mōne
  • Middle English: mone, moone, mon, moyn, monæ, mona
    • English: moon
      • Sranan Tongo: mun
      • Tok Pisin: mun
      • Torres Strait Creole: mun
    • Scots: muin, mone, monne, moon, moune, mowne, moyn, moyne, mune, mwne
    • Yola: mond
• Old Frisian: mōna
  • North Frisian: moune
  • Saterland Frisian: Moune
  • West Frisian: moanne
• Old Saxon: māno
  • Middle Low German: māne

    Dutch Low Saxon: maone

    Hamburgisch: Maan, Maand

    Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Måne

    Sauerländisch: Mōne f, Mond m, Mōn m, Mound m Mōend m

    Westmünsterländisch: Maone, Maon f, Maond m

    Plautdietsch: Mon

• Old Dutch: māno
  • Middle Dutch: mâne
    • Dutch: maan
      • Afrikaans: maan
    • Limburgish: maon
    • West Flemish: moane
• Old High German: māno
  • Middle High German: māne, mān, mōne, mōn
    • Alemannic German: Maan, manä, meini, moanu, Mond, manòd, mànund

      Swabian: Moo, Mao

    • Bavarian: Mou, mone

      Cimbrian: maano, ma, må

      Mòcheno: mu'

    • Central Franconian: Mond, Muund
    • German: Mond
    • Luxembourgish: Mound
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Muhn

    • Vilamovian: mönd
• Norse: *ᛗᚨᚾᛟ (*mānō)
  • Old Norse: máni
    • Faroese: máni
    • Gutnish: mane
    • Icelandic: máni
    • Norwegian: måne
    • Norn: måni
    • Old Danish: mānæ
      • Danish: måne
    • Old Swedish: māne
      • Swedish: måne
    • Westrobothnian: måɳe, mɑɳe, mani (merged with *mēnōþs)
  • → Samic: *mānō (see there for further descendants)
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna)