Mäun
Transylvanian Saxon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German man, Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognates include German Mann, Luxembourgish Mann and English man.
Noun
[edit]Mäun m
- (Sibiu) man
- Der gäd auld Mäun ess met dem Räuss duch det Ais gebräuchen uch än det kault Wosser gefollen.
- The good old man broke through the ice with the horse and fell into the cold water.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Adelheid Frățilă, Hildegard-Anna Falk, Das Siebenbürgisch-Säschsische. Eine Inselmundart im Vergleich mit dem Hochdeutschen, Neue Didaktik, 2011
Categories:
- Transylvanian Saxon terms inherited from Old High German
- Transylvanian Saxon terms derived from Old High German
- Transylvanian Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Transylvanian Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Transylvanian Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Transylvanian Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Transylvanian Saxon lemmas
- Transylvanian Saxon nouns
- Transylvanian Saxon masculine nouns
- Transylvanian Saxon terms with usage examples
- gmw-tsx:Male people