Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/munit

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monēta.^[1]

Noun

*munit m or n^[2]

coin

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*munit(a)
Genitive	*munitas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*munit(a)	*munitōs
Accusative	*munit(a)	*munitā
Genitive	*munitas	*munitō
Dative	*munitē	*munitum
Instrumental	*munitu	*munitum

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*munit(a)
Genitive	*munitas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*munit(a)	*munitu
Accusative	*munit(a)	*munitu
Genitive	*munitas	*munitō
Dative	*munitē	*munitum
Instrumental	*munitu	*munitum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: mynet n
- Middle English: mynt, munet
  - English: mint
- → Old Norse: mynt^[3]
  - Old Danish: mynt
    - Danish: mønt
  - Icelandic: mynt
  - Norwegian:
    - Norwegian Bokmål: mynt
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: mynt
  - Old Swedish: mynt
    - Swedish: mynt
      - → Finnish: myntti
Old Frisian: mente f
Old Saxon: munita f
Old Dutch: munita f
- Middle Dutch: munte
  - Dutch: munt
    - Afrikaans: munt
    - Negerhollands: mynt
Old High German: muniz m, munizza f
- Middle High German: münze
  - German: Münze
  - → Slovak: minca
- → Old Polish: minca, mińca
  - Polish: mennica

References

^ Miller, D. Gary (13 June 2012), “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 4.5, page 64.
^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *munit”
^ Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “mynt”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 398.

[1] Miller, D. Gary (13 June 2012), “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 4.5, page 64.

[2] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *munit”

[3] Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “mynt”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 398.

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