Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēnōþs

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 pre-Germanic *meh₁n-ot-s, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“month, moon”), related to *mēnô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛː.nɔːθs/

Noun

*mēnōþs m

1. month

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *mēnōþs (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mēnōþs	*mēnōþiz
vocative	*mēnōþ	*mēnōþiz
accusative	*mēnōþų	*mēnōþunz
genitive	*mēnōþiz	*mēnōþǫ̂
dative	*mēnōþi	*mēnōþumaz
instrumental	*mēnōþē	*mēnōþumiz

Derived terms

• *austrōmēnōþs
• *azanimēnōþs

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mānōþ
  • Old English: mōnaþ, mōnað — edh spelling
    • Middle English: moneth, month, monþ, moneþ, monæþ
      • English: month
      • Scots: moneth
  • Old Frisian: mōnath
    • North Frisian: muunt
    • Saterland Frisian: Mound
    • West Frisian: moanne
  • Old Saxon: mānuth
    • Middle Low German: mānet, mānt
      • Low German: Maand (Northern Germany), Maond (Westphalia)
      • Plautdietsch: Moonat
  • Old Dutch: *mānoth
    • Middle Dutch: mānet, maent
      • Dutch: maand
        • Afrikaans: maand
        • Jersey Dutch: mânt, mônt, mönt
        • Negerhollands: maent, maand
  • Old High German: mānōd
    • Middle High German: mānōt
      • Cimbrian: maanont
      • German: Monat
        • → Yiddish: מאָנאַט (monat)
      • Luxembourgish: Mount
• Old Norse: mánaðr
  • Icelandic: mánuður
  • Faroese: mánaður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: månad
  • Elfdalian: månað
  • Old Swedish: mānaþer
    • Swedish: månad
  • Old Danish: maanædh
    • Danish: måned
      • Norwegian Bokmål: måned
  • Old Gutnish: manaþr
    • Gutnish: måne, mån', mane, mana
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mēnōþs)