Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/munþ

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

From Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

Noun

*munþ m

1. mouth

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*munþ
Genitive	*munþas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*munþ	*munþō, *munþōs
Accusative	*munþ	*munþā
Genitive	*munþas	*munþō
Dative	*munþē	*munþum
Instrumental	*munþu	*munþum

Derived terms

• *munþattjan

Descendants

• Old English: mūþ
  • Middle English: mouth
    • English: mouth
    • Scots: mooth
• Old Frisian: mūth; mund, mond (forms with n likely from Low German)
  • North Frisian: Mür, müs, mös, müd
  • West Frisian: mûn
  • Saterland Frisian: *Mund (in derivatives, e.g. mundpaas, mundelk)
  • →⇒ Middle Dutch: mûde, mûye f (“mouth (of a river)”)
    • Dutch: muide, mui
• Old Saxon: mūth, mund
  • Middle Low German: munt, mont
    • German Low German: Mund
    • → Scots: mund, mun
• Old Dutch: munt
  • Middle Dutch: mont
    • Dutch: mond, mont (obsolete)
      • Afrikaans: mond
      • Javindo: mon
      • Negerhollands: mond, mon, mun, mont
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: mon, mout (dated)
      • Petjo: mon
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: mont
    • Limburgish: móndj
• Old High German: mund
  • Middle High German: munt
    • German: Mund
    • Luxembourgish: Mond