Mohn
German
Etymology
With widespread dialectal -ā- → -ō- (as also in ohne and wo) from obsolete Mahn, from Middle High German māhe, māhen (Central German also already mān), from Old High German māho, from Proto-Germanic *mēhô. Compare the variant Old High German mago.
Cognate with Danish valmue, Swedish vallmo, Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn) (Doric μάκων (mákōn)) and Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ) (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian мак, Czech mák).
Pronunciation
Noun
Mohn m (genitive Mohnes, plural Mohne)
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