Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēnô

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 *méh₁nōs, from *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”). Originally s-stem, later remodeled as n-stem based on nominative singular. Cognate with Lithuanian mė́nuo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛː.nɔːː/

Noun

*mēnô m

1. moon

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *mēnô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mēnô	*mēnaniz
vocative	*mēnô	*mēnaniz
accusative	*mēnanų	*mēnanunz
genitive	*mēniniz	*mēnanǫ̂
dative	*mēnini	*mēnammaz
instrumental	*mēninē	*mēnammiz

Derived terms

• *Mēnô (“the moon personified as a god”)

Related terms

• *mēnōþs

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mānō
  • Old English: mōna, mōne
    • Middle English: mone, moone, mon, moyn, monæ, mona
      • English: moon
        • Sranan Tongo: mun
        • Tok Pisin: mun
        • Torres Strait Creole: mun
      • Scots: muin, mone, monne, moon, moune, mowne, moyn, moyne, mune, mwne
      • Yola: mond
      • Geordie English: muin, meun
  • Old Frisian: mōna
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: muun

      Mooring: moune

    • Saterland Frisian: Moune
    • West Frisian: moanne
  • Old Saxon: māno
    • Middle Low German: mâne

      Dutch Low Saxon: maone

      German Low German: Maan

      Hamburgisch: Maan, Maand

      Westphalian:

      Lippisch: Mon m

      Ravensbergisch: Måne

      Sauerländisch: Mōne f, Mond m, Mōn m, Mound m Mōend m

      Westmünsterländisch: Maone, Maon f, Maond m

      Plautdietsch: Mon

      • → Polabian: mon
  • Old Dutch: māno
    • Middle Dutch: mâne
      • Dutch: maan
        • Afrikaans: maan
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: manti
        • Jersey Dutch: mân, môn
        • Negerhollands: maand, man, maen
        • → Aukan: manti
      • Limburgish: maon
      • West Flemish: moane
      • Zealandic: maene, maone
  • Old High German: māno
    • Middle High German: māne, mān, mōne, mōn
      • Alemannic German: Maan, manä, meini, moanu, Mond, manòd, mànund

        Swabian: Moo, Mao

      • Bavarian: Mou, mone

        Cimbrian: maano, ma, må

        Mòcheno: mu'

      • Central Franconian: Mond, Muund (rare variant in Moselle Franconian)
      • German: Mond
      • Luxembourgish: Mound
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Pennsylvania German: Muhn

      • Vilamovian: mönd
      • Yiddish: מאָנט (mont)
• Proto-Norse: *ᛗᚨᚾᛟ (*mano), *ᛗᚨᚾᚨ (*mana /⁠mānā⁠/)
  • Old Norse: máni
    • Icelandic: máni
    • Faroese: máni
    • Norn: måni
    • Norwegian: måne
    • Old Swedish: māne
      • Swedish: måne
    • Old Danish: mānæ
      • Danish: måne
    • Gutnish: mane
  • → Proto-Samic: *mānō (see there for further descendants)
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna)
• Crimean Gothic: mine