Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/munaną

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *memóne, from *men- (“to think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*munaną

1. to think, to consider, to believe
2. to remember (with genitive of the thing/things being remembered)

Inflection

Conjugation of *munaną (preterite-present)

	active voice				passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*man	*munį̄	—		—	—
2nd singular	*mant	*munīz	—		—	—
3rd singular	*man	*munī	—		—	—
1st dual	*munū	*munīw	—		—	—
2nd dual	*munudiz	*munīdiz	—		—	—
1st plural	*munum	*munīm	—		—	—
2nd plural	*munud	*munīd	—		—	—
3rd plural	*munun	*munīn	—		—	—
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mundǭ	*mundēdį̄
2nd singular	*mundēz	*mundēdīz
3rd singular	*mundē	*mundēdī
1st dual	*mundēdū	*mundēdīw
2nd dual	*mundēdudiz	*mundēdīdiz
1st plural	*mundēdum	*mundēdīm
2nd plural	*mundēdud	*mundēdīd
3rd plural	*mundēdun	*mundēdīn
	present	past
participles	*munandz	*mundaz

Related terms

• *gaminþiją
• *mindiz
• *munnōną
• *muniz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *munan
  • Old English: munan
    • Middle English: monen
  • Old Saxon: munan
  • Old High German: munan
• Old Norse: muna; munu
  • Danish: monne (archaic), mon
  • Faroese: muna
  • Icelandic: muna; munu
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: muna, mune
  • Old Swedish: mona
    • Swedish: månde (archaic)
  • → Middle English: mone, mon, mune, munne, mun, man
    • English: mun (dialectal)
    • Scots: maun, mun, man, mon
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (munan)