Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mon-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Indo-European

Noun

*mon-

1. man, human being

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mangjas (< *mongyos)
  • Proto-Slavic: *mǫžь (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *mann- (see there for further descendants)
• (< *n̥mn̥gʷyṓn)
  • Ancient Greek: Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn, “female warriors”)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mánuš (< *mónus), *manušyás (< *monusyós)
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mánuṣ, *manuṣyás
    • Sanskrit: मनु (mánu), मनुष्य (manuṣyá) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *mánuš
    • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬱 (manš)