Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harbistamānōþ

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *harbistamēnōþs. Equivalent to *harbist (“harvest”) +‎ *mānōþ (“month”).

Noun

*harbistamānōþ m

1. a month of the Germanic calendar, corresponds roughy to September.

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*harbistamānōþ
Genitive	*harbistamānōþi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*harbistamānōþ	*harbistamānōþi
Accusative	*harbistamānōþu	*harbistamānōþi
Genitive	*harbistamānōþi	*harbistamānōþō
Dative	*harbistamānōþi	*harbistamānōþum
Instrumental	*harbistamānōþi	*harbistamānōþum

Descendants

• Old English: hærfestmōnaþ
• Old Dutch: hervistmānōth (“November”)
• Old High German: herbistmānod (“September, November”)
  • Middle High German: herbestmānōt, herbestmānet
    • German: Herbstmonat (“September, October, November”)