Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/munaną

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 *memóne, from *men- (“to think”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmu.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*munaną

to think, to consider, to believe
to remember (with genitive of the thing/things being remembered)

Inflection

Conjugation of *munaną (preterite-present)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*man	*munį̄	—	—	—
2nd singular	*mant	*munīz	—	—	—
3rd singular	*man	*munī	—	—	—
1st dual	*munū	*munīw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*munudiz	*munīdiz	—	—	—
1st plural	*munum	*munīm	—	—	—
2nd plural	*munud	*munīd	—	—	—
3rd plural	*munun	*munīn	—	—	—

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mundǭ	*mundēdį̄
2nd singular	*mundēz	*mundēdīz
3rd singular	*mundē	*mundēdī
1st dual	*mundēdū	*mundēdīw
2nd dual	*mundēdudiz	*mundēdīdiz
1st plural	*mundēdum	*mundēdīm
2nd plural	*mundēdud	*mundēdīd
3rd plural	*mundēdun	*mundēdīn

	present	past
participles	*munandz	*mundaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *munan
- Old English: munan
  - Middle English: monen
- Old Saxon: munan
- Old High German: munan
Old Norse: muna; munu
- Danish: monne (archaic), mon
- Faroese: muna
- Icelandic: muna; munu
- Norwegian Nynorsk: muna, mune
- Old Swedish: mona
  - Swedish: månde (archaic)
- → Middle English: mone, mon, mune, munne, mun, man
  - English: mun (dialectal)
  - Scots: maun, mun, man, mon
Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (munan)