Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/manō

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 *mono- (“neck, nape; ornament”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to project, peak, tower over, protrude”). Compare with Latin monile (“necklace”) and Old Irish muin (“neck”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.nɔː/

Noun

*manō f

mane

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *manō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*manō	*manôz
vocative	*manō	*manôz
accusative	*manǭ	*manōz
genitive	*manōz	*manǫ̂
dative	*manōi	*manōmaz
instrumental	*manō	*manōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *manu
- Old English: manu
  - Middle English: mane
    - Scots: mane
    - English: mane
- Old Frisian: *mane; mana, mona
  - North Frisian: man
  - Saterland Frisian: Moone
  - West Frisian: moannen, moanjes
- Old Saxon: *mana
  - Middle Low German: māne, man
    - German Low German: Mahn
- Old Dutch: *mana
  - Middle Dutch: māne
    - Dutch: maan
      - ⇒ Afrikaans: maanhaar
    - Limburgish: maan
- Old High German: mana
  - Middle High German: man, mane
    - German: Mähne
    - Luxembourgish: Munn
Old Norse: mǫn
- Icelandic: mön
- Faroese: mon
- Norwegian Bokmål: man
- Norwegian Nynorsk: man
- Old Swedish: man
  - Swedish: man
- Danish: man