munuc

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *munik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.nuk/

Noun

munuc m (nominative plural munucas)

1. monk
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

     Þā ġecwæþð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā muneca wunian...

     Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	munuc	munucas
accusative	munuc	munucas
genitive	munuces	munuca
dative	munuce	munucum

Alternative forms

• munec
• monuc

Descendants

• Middle English: monk, monke
  • English: monk
  • Scots: monk, munk, mounk
• → Old Norse: munkr
  • Danish: munk
  • Icelandic: munkur
  • Faroese: munkur
  • Norwegian: munk
  • Old Swedish: munker, munk
    • Swedish: munk
      • → Finnish: munkki
    • → Estonian: munk
  • → Latvian: mūks
  • → Võro: muuk